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Darwin said the answer would lie out there in the rocks.
達爾文說過，答案就躺在巖石堆里
Somewhere there would be fossils that would explain everything.
某個地方的化石應該能解釋一切
Palaeontologists would go scurrying all over the world trying to find them, but such early fossils are rare.
古生物學家們走遍了全世界，試圖找到它們，可是這類古老的化石實在太少了
There's still so very, very few pieces of evidence.
目前的證據仍舊非常非常少
This is like one of those terrible classic murder mysteries, you know, that goes on for 30 or 40 years
就像那些經典的變態謀殺案，拖了三四十年都沒能偵破
and people slowly trying to pick up a little bit of evidence, a little bit there.
人們只能慢慢地、一點一點地收集證據
But the more scientists looked the more they realised one crucial fossil was missing.
但是科學家們在尋找的過程中逐漸意識到他們缺少一塊關鍵的化石
This would become a challenge to the whole Theory of Evolution and the story of how we got our legs
這成為對整個進化論的一大挑戰，而有關我們如何進化出腿的故事，
would become the quest for the ultimate missing link.
也就變成了對“終極進化缺環”的追尋
The whole quest began 150 years ago with one simple observation.
整個搜索開始于150年前，起因只是一個簡單的現象
A vast array of animals are, in fact, related. They all have four legs, they are tetrapods.
實際上大批動物都牽涉其中，它們都有4條腿，它們是四足動物
