| 1. | The answer , these investigators argue , lies in the evolutionary process itself
演化生物学者认为，答案就在演化的过程本身。 |
| 2. | These facts make cancer a grim yet fascinating puzzle for evolutionary biologists
对演化生物学者而言，这些事实让癌症变得残酷却又令人困惑。 |
| 3. | Until recently , the emergence of whales was one of the most intractable mysteries facing evolutionary biologists
直到最近，鲸豚类的起源仍是个令演化生物学家棘手的问题。 |
| 4. | Evolutionary biologist jared diamond of the university of california at los angeles once classified humans as the “ third chimpanzee ” ( the second being the bonobo )
美国演化生物学家戴蒙曾经把人类归属于第三种黑猩猩。 |
| 5. | For almost three decades , evolutionary biologists have puzzled over how modern primates came to possess this distinctive suite of characteristics
将近有30年的时间，演化生物学家对于现代灵长类如何拥有这套与众不同的特徵，一直百思不得其解。 |
| 6. | Grant of princeton university observed these kinds of population shifts in the wild [ see his article “ natural selection and darwin ' s finches ” ; scientific american , october 1991 ]
他在加拉巴哥群岛上研究雀鸟，为演化生物学田野研究开创了新的里程碑（见延伸阅读1 ） 。 |
| 7. | It is as if evolutionary biologists had been handed a time machine , allowing them to travel back into prehistory and take pictures of the animals and plants inhabiting the earth at a series of different epochs
这就好比演化生物学家拿到了时光机器，可以回到史前时期，拍摄地球上各个年代的动植物。 |
| 8. | In 2003 the institute of ecology and evolutionary biology ( ieeb ) was established in response to a growing demand for knowledge in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity
生态学与演化生物学是生物多样性维护与永续利用的重要基础，本所为因应生物多样性研究之国内外趋势与需求而于2003年正式成立。 |
| 9. | During the conference , i had a nightmarish thought : creationists could have a field day yanking quotes out of context while listening to a room full of evolutionary biologists arguing over specific issues
会议期间，我有了个恶梦般的想法：当创造论者听见满室演化生物学家争论某些特定议题时，断章取义地引用将让他们欣喜万分。 |
| 10. | " in a nutshell … the presence of these birds in pine forests increased the growth of the trees by helping to rid them of damaging insects , " said kailen mooney , an evolutionary biologist at the university of colorado at boulder
简而言之… …松林里有鸟儿存在，可增加树木的生长，因为鸟儿帮树木除掉有害昆虫，柏德市科罗拉多大学演化生物学家穆尼表示。 |
