Almost all paleontologists recognize that the discovery of a complete transition is in any case unlikely.

  • -- George G. Simpson 乔治·辛普森

几乎所有的古生物学家都认识到,在任何情况下,发现一个完整的转变都是不可能的。

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Certainly paleontologists have found samples of an extremely small fraction, only, of the earth's extinct species, and even for groups that are most readily preserved and found as fossils they can never expect to find more than a fraction.

当然,古生物学家们只发现了地球上已灭绝物种中极小一部分的样本,甚至对于那些最容易保存下来并以化石形式被发现的群体,他们也不可能找到超过一小部分的样本。

This led to the discovery that long chain fatty acids would remarkably stabilize serum albumin to heat denaturation, and would even reverse the denaturation by heat or concentrated urea solutions.

这导致发现,长链脂肪酸可以显著稳定血清白蛋白的热变性,甚至可以逆转热或浓尿素溶液的变性。

There is no better high than discovery.

没有比发现更高的境界了。