早期古生物学家乔治居维叶能在实据不足的情况下预测出新发现的化石物种的躯干结构,这使他在业界声名显著。
He did so by applying to fossils the principles of comparative anatomy, asking what light thebody shapes of living animals could cast on the shapes of creatures from the past.
之所以能做到这点是因为他将对比解剖学的规则应用于化石样本并探寻现存动物的体形对古代动物的体形有什么样的启发借鉴作用。
Many modern palaeontologists try to do something similar, except that what theyreconstruct is behaviour.
许多现代古生物学家除了重现古代动物的行为外,也在尝试做着同样的事情。
Dr O Keefe has performed such an analysis on his find.
奥基夫博士已将这种分析应用于他的发现。
He starts from a fundamental observation about reproduction: you can go for quantityor quality.
他的实验开始于对繁殖现象的基本观察: 你能选择数量或质量。
Having one child at a time is the ultimate expression of quality.
每次只生育一胎是追求质量的最终体现。
It implies huge parental investment in the offspring since, if you lose it, you lose everything.
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