Although the fossil record is incomplete, it still gives us a broad brush outline of what happened . 盡管化石記錄不很完全,但仍然給我們一幅關(guān)于到底發(fā)生了什么事情的大體輪廓。
The fossil record indicates these people had conquered disease 化石記錄顯示他們征服了疾病
A fossil record 化石的記錄
The first animals in the fossil record appeared between 620 and 550 million years ago in the vendian period 第一動(dòng)物在化石紀(jì)錄出現(xiàn)在620和550百萬之間年前在vendian期間。
For example , the fossil record shows elephants that found their way onto islands millions of years ago shrank rapidly 例如,化石記錄顯示,數(shù)百萬年前開始到島嶼上生存的象群數(shù)量減少非常迅速。
One way of trying to answer it is to look in the fossil record for evidence about what modern humanity ' s closest relatives could do 一個(gè)解決它的途徑就是從化石記錄中尋找證據(jù)? ?現(xiàn)代人的近親到底能做什么?
The main bone of contention3remaining among the boffins4is which species in the fossil record is the so - called “ missing link 約翰遜:科學(xué)家們目前主要爭論的焦點(diǎn)是,化石紀(jì)錄中的哪個(gè)物種才是所謂的“失去的一環(huán)” 。
J : the main bone of contention3remaining among the boffins4is which species in the fossil record is the so - called “ missing link 約翰遜:科學(xué)家們目前主要爭論的焦點(diǎn)是,化石紀(jì)錄中的哪個(gè)物種才是所謂的“失去的一環(huán)” 。
Inspired by this success , we wondered whether fullerenes would be a reliable tracer of large impacts elsewhere in the fossil record 海曼團(tuán)隊(duì)的發(fā)現(xiàn)使我們靈機(jī)一動(dòng),富勒烯莫非是化石記錄上其他重大撞擊事件的可靠遺跡?
Such diversity seems to have characterized the ape family from the outset : almost as soon as apes appear in the fossil record , there are lots of them 這種歧異程度似乎一開始就是猿類的特色:在化石記錄上,猿類一出現(xiàn),就形形色色。