Sport is littered with " fossil" records from that era.

体育运动充斥着那个时代的“化石”记录。

But evidence of sickness in the fossil record is rare.

但是化石记录中关于疾病的证据很少。

These mass extinction events can be seen in the fossil record.

这些大灭绝事件能从化石记录中看出来。

The proof of their toughness shows up in the fossil record.

化石记录证明了它们的坚固。

The fossil record at the park preserves some of the earliest dinosaurs.

公园里的化石记录保留了一些最早的恐龙。

Well, it's pretty hard to tell that from the fossil record.

好吧，从化石记录中很难分辨。

Fortunately, China's fossil record for this period is rich.

幸运的是，中国在这个时期的化石资料是非常丰富的。

The fossil record shows that many species have endured for millions of years— so why shouldn't we?

化石资料表明很多物种曾生存百万年之久，凭什么认为人类不能？

But until now, their fossil record suggested they evolved a million years ago.

但到目前为止，他们的化石记录表明，它们是在100万年前进化的。

Fossil records show that dinosaurs needed to prepare for mating early in life.

化石记录显示，恐龙在很年轻的时候就得为交配做好准备。

The fossil record suggests that termites have existed for approximately 200 million years.

化石记录表明白蚁已经存在了大约 2 亿年。

And we can see a noticeable dip in animal size in the fossil record.

在化石记录中，我们可以看到动物体型的显著缩小。

Florida has one of the richest fossil records of the ice age anywhere on earth.

佛罗里达是在世界上拥有冰河时代化石记录最多的地区之一。

Evans says the research introduces a new way to study paleopathology in the fossil record.

埃文斯表示，这项研究引入了一种新的方法来研究化石记录中的古病理学。

Fossil records suggest snails in the Pyrenees were part of the diet of Mesolithic humans.

化石记录显示比利牛斯山的蜗牛是中石器时代人类的食物之一。

There are all these questions because there are very large gaps in the fossil record.

有这么多疑问，是因为化石记录中存在很大的空白。

Long legs, human-like feet, really a combination that we've never seen before in the fossil record.

较长的腿，像人类那样的脚，这种组合在之前的化石中都未曾见过。

The problem, as ever, is the fossil record.

和以往一样，问题在于化石记录。

THE fossil record for early phases of primate evolution is notoriously patchy.

早期灵长类动物进化的化石记录非常凌乱。人们对这个领域几乎一无所知。

" Palaeontologists really bristled at that, because that's not what we were seeing in the fossil record."

“古生物学家对此非常愤怒，因为这不是我们在化石记录中看到的。”