I accept extinction as best explaining disjoined species. I see that the same cause must have reduced many species of great range to small, and that it may have reduced large genera to so small, and of families.

  • -- Asa Gray ASA灰色

我认为灭绝是解释分离物种的最好方法。我看到,同样的原因一定使许多种类从大范围缩小到小范围,也可能使大属缩小到小属和小科。

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Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us.

犯罪是人类的一个事实,仅仅是这个物种的一个事实,但它首先是秘密的一面,无法渗透和隐藏。犯罪是隐藏的,迄今为止,最可怕的事情是那些我们逃避不了的事情。

Most of them are doomed to rapid extinction, but a few may make evolutionary inventions, such as physiological, ecological, or behavioral innovations that give these species improved competitive potential.

它们中的大多数注定会迅速灭绝,但也有少数可能会做出进化性的发明,比如生理、生态或行为创新,从而提高这些物种的竞争潜力。

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.

对于任何男人或女人来说,有一个朋友是一件幸运的事,一个我们完全可以信任的人的灵魂,一个了解我们最好和最坏的方面,一个尽管我们有所有的缺点仍然爱我们的人。

It's in our best interest to put some of the old rules aside and create new ones and follow the consumer - what the consumer wants and where the consumer wants to go.

把一些旧的规则放在一边,创造新的规则,并遵循消费者的意愿——消费者想要什么,消费者想去哪里——是我们最大的利益所在。

Land bridges were everywhere during the extinction, many species were spreading, and there were many diseases.

在物种灭绝期间,陆桥随处可见,许多物种在传播,还有许多疾病。

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

伟大的思想变成伟大的行动。

Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.

灭绝是规律。生存是个例外。