評論
打印
A team of British paleontologists think they've uncovered the first fossilized dinosaur brain.
一隊英國古生物學家認為他們已經發現了首個恐龍大腦的化石。
The fossil seems to be from an herbivorous dinosaur, similar to an Iguanodon, that lived during the Early Cretaceous Period,roughly 133 million years ago.
化石似乎是一種食草恐龍，類似禽龍，生活在白堊紀早期，大約1億3300萬年前。
Although previous dinosaur fossils have captured skin, organs and even red blood cells, scientists were skeptical brain tissue could be preserved.
雖然從以前的恐龍化石中獲得過皮膚，器官甚至紅血細胞，科學家們懷疑腦組織能否被保存下來。
One paleontologist from the University of Cambridge said the brain fragment was most likely petrified when the dinosaur died in a shallow swamp or bog. There the acidity of the water replaced the soft tissue with minerals, basically "pickling" the brain.
來自劍橋大學的古生物學家表示，大腦最有可能在恐龍死于淺水沼澤或泥塘時石化。在那里，水的酸性取代了含礦物質的軟組織，基本上將大腦進行了“酸洗”。
The finding is important not only because it's the first of its kind, but because it can hopefully pave the way for similar discoveries in the future.
這一發現很重要，不僅因為它是同類中的首次，而且為將來類似的發現鋪平道路。
譯文屬可可原創，僅供學習交流使用，未經許可請勿轉載。
