Then the damage must be caused at somewhere along the line where the goods weren't handled properly.
那么残损一定是在运输途中的什么地方对货物处理不妥造成的。
and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of the men who made them have disappeared without trace.
因此,尽管制造这些工具的人的骨头早已荡然无存,但远古时代的石头工具却保存了下来。