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First discovered in Germany in 1861, Archaeopteryx is a milestone species because it represents the transition between dinosaurs and birds.

于1861年在德国首次发现的始祖鸟是划时代的物种,因为它代表了恐龙与鸟之间的过渡。

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The earliest known bird, Archaeopteryx, lived during the Jurassic, the period before the Cretaceous.

人类所知的最早的鸟类,始祖鸟,生活在白垩纪前的侏罗纪时代。

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But the research team, led by Dr. Angela Milner, a paleontologist at the British museum, wrote that until their investigation of Archaeopteryx, "little was understood about the extent to which its brain and special senses were adapted for flight."

但是由大英博物馆古生物学家杰拉米尔纳博士领导的研究团队写道:直到他们研究始祖鸟,对于始祖鸟的脑和特殊感觉因应飞行而发生了何种程度的改变的认识尚知之甚少。

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So, Archaeopteryx probably evolved feathers to entice mates or communicate, which were then gradually "recruited for aerodynamic functions."

所以,始祖鸟进化出羽毛可能是为了吸引配偶或交流,之后才渐渐地“有了飞行功能”。

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Dr. Milner said the new study not only established that Archaeopteryx was capable of "controlling the complex business of flying," but also showed "how much there is still to discover about when and how bird flight began."

米尔纳博士讲到,新的研究不仅显示始祖鸟能够控制飞行这样一种复杂的事,而且显示出海洋多少官员鸟类何时和怎样开始飞行的事情尚未发现。

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Indeed, they consider the fossil's brain size decisive evidence that Archaeopteryx had what it took to fly.

确实,他们把这种化石的脑部尺寸作为有力的证据来说明始祖鸟拥有使其飞翔的东西。

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In 1862 at the earliest finding of archaeopteryx in the state of Bavaria, Germany, it stirred the whole world.

一八六二年德国巴伐利亚州最早发现始祖鸟时,曾轰动全球。

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