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People had been looking for this in a way ever since Darwin, ever since 1859.
可以說自從1859年，從達(dá)爾文開始，人們一直都在尋找這只動物
This transition is the one that so intrigued everybody going from the water to the land and no evidence of it
這種演化使所有人都很感興趣，從水里到陸地上，但是沒有一點(diǎn)證據(jù)
and then boom, they found it. Terribly, terribly exciting, really very, very important.
后來他們找到它了，就像一聲驚雷，真的非常非常興奮，非常非常重要
It fell to Jarvik to analyse and describe the new discovery.
Jarvik打算分析和詳述這一新的發(fā)現(xiàn)
This meant years of digging the fossilised bones out of the rock
這意味著需要花上數(shù)年把骨骼化石從巖石中清理出來
and then trying to reconstruct the anatomy of this strange creature.
然后再盡可能重現(xiàn)這只奇怪生物的解剖結(jié)構(gòu)
Jarvik was a brilliant anatomist, but he was also painstaking.
Jarvik是出色的解剖學(xué)家，可是他還是干得十分辛苦
He started in 1948, but did not finish until 1996.
他的工作開始于1948年，但直到1996年仍未結(jié)束
In those 48 years no one else was able to analyse the fossil.
在這整整48年中，其他人都沒能研究這塊化石
To be honest it shouldn't take that long I mean frankly.
老實(shí)說，他不應(yīng)該拖得這么久，我是實(shí)話實(shí)說
I mean you have to be really sort of anal to take that long to describe anything,
花這么長時(shí)間分析一樣?xùn)|西的確有點(diǎn)說不過去，
especially when the world is just hanging on this.
尤其是全世界都在期盼。
But Jarvik did produce two preliminary papers. These did confirm that existing theory.
不過Jarvik還是發(fā)表了兩篇初級論文，它們也證實(shí)了現(xiàn)行的理論
Ichthyostega was an Identikit land walking tetrapod with five fingers and toes.
魚石螈被指認(rèn)為一種具有四肢和五趾的陸行動物
The mystery of how we got our legs was solved.
我們?nèi)绾伍L出腿的謎團(tuán)終于解開了
After eusthenopteron the fish had struggled on its fins onto land.
真掌鰭魚用鰭掙扎著爬上陸地后，
It had evolved into ichthyostega, the first tetrapod with legs.
它們進(jìn)化成了魚石螈，一種有腿的四足動物。
It was just as science had predicted.
這和科學(xué)家們的推測完全一致。
