恐龙色彩？1.3亿年羽毛上发现最古老红色素 [英国媒体]

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A new breakthrough could enable us to tell what colour dinosaurs were based on their fossils. 

一项新的突破可以让我们根据恐龙的化石知道它们的颜色。

Researchers have pinpointed the oldest known example of beta-keratin - a common red-orange pigment - in a 130-million-year-old bird feather fossil. 

研究人员在一块1.3亿年前的鸟类羽毛化石上，找到了迄今为止已知的最古老的β角蛋白----一种常见的橘红色色素----的样本。

The fossil of the extinct Eoconfuciusornis bird was collected from the Early Cretaceous lake deposits in Hebei northern China. 

这块已灭绝的始孔子鸟的化石采集自中国河北地区早期的白垩纪湖泊沉积物。

Feathers and feather-like features of the skin of several types of dinosaurs and basal birds are well documented. 

目前有关多种恐龙和基干鸟的羽毛及类似羽毛的皮质特点的记录都十分翔实。

The term 'basal birds' relates to species that are close to the base of the evolutionary chain.

“基干鸟类”这个术语，指的是进化链上接近于最原始的几种鸟类。

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Microbodies associated with these feathers were first interpreted as microbes - single-cell organisms.

最初，与这些羽毛有关的微体被解读为微生物，即单细胞有机物。

However many scientists now believe that these are actually remnant melanosomes - the part of an animal cell where melanin is synthesised and stored. 

然而，如今很多科学家认为，这些微体其实是残余的色素体----它是动物细胞的组成部分之一，用于合成并储存色素。

Melanin is the most common light-absorbing pigment found in animals and is also responsible for skin colour in humans.

黑色素是动物体内最常见的吸光色素，也是人类肤色的决定性因素。

Remnant melanosomes could tell us more about the colour behaviour habit and physiology of dinosaurs and ancient birds.

残余色素体可让人们更多地了解恐龙和远古鸟类的颜色、行为、习性及生理机能。




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ajl1950 windsor United Kingdom 2 days ago
i find the study of dinosaurs way more interesting than the the human history or at least the modern humansi believe humans were put on this planet to..... SUCK.....and we are doing a awesome job

我觉得研究恐龙比研究人类历史有趣，至少比现代人类历史有趣。我觉得人类就是被投放到这个星球来搞事的，而且我们干得还挺不错的。

wiseandwonderful Venus United Kingdom 1 day ago
We were doing okay until about 10000 years ago then we screwed up.

在一万年前我们干得还是不错的，然后我们就搞砸了。

M D Johnson Springfield United States 2 days ago
Could have told you this right off! My old bird is always redfaced!!

我应该早点告诉你的，我的老鸟是红脸。

Realist Reality United Kingdom 2 days ago
Do you embarrass her that much?

你经常让她很囧吗？（以至于她老是红脸）

gavinj90 Hong Kong Hong Kong 2 days ago
How did I know that as soon as I went to the comments it would be full of young-Earth idiots?

我怎会知道，一进入评论区，就全是些年轻地球创造论的白痴？

bewilderedone wolverhampton United Kingdom 2 days ago
Not going to bed tonight. Knowing this will keep me awake all night

今夜会是个无眠夜，得知这个消息后将让我彻夜难眠。

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Mind Burner belfast United Kingdom 1 day ago
News flash... Creationists continue their attacks on science with their new daring theories. The stork theory of reproduction. The leech theory of medicine and the flat earth theory.

快讯：神造论者又要用他们的新奇理论攻击科学了。什么鹳鸟送子理论呢，什么水蛭治病理论呢，什么地球是方的理论之类的。

Peter . Kingston United Kingdom 1 day ago
They make a lot of noise which to them is an argument but they never offer any real challenges nor can answer the holes in their own little fantasies.

他们在自以为有争议的问题上大放厥词，但是他们对于他们编造的那些漏洞百出的奇幻故事，却无法自圆其说。

olive grove In the Sunshine Portugal 2 days ago
Creationists the Flintstones were made up they are not history sorry.

神造论者：抱歉，原始人是编造的，并不存在。

Open Eyes London 2 days ago
That's impossible there is no way colour pigment could last that long it only goes to show more and more that the dinosaurs were not millions of years old it's all made up by men who refused to follow the evidence that leads to the revelation the earth is actually quite young.

不可能，色彩不可能存在那么长时间，这或许证明了恐龙可能并不是百万年前的生物，以前的（发现）是那些拒绝承认地球实际上还很年轻的人编造的。

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Tuna Sandwich Unfriendly to dolphins United Kingdom 1 day ago
Gazzeel please provide us with the name of a single form of creature which is not transitional.

回Gazzeel: 请给我们列出一种非过渡型的单一类型生物的名称。

Peter . Kingston United Kingdom 1 day ago
Open Eyes - Well there is no way your grasp of Evolution science and logic accords to reality. You have made a fantasy version that is utterly stupid and obviously impossible yet you inhabit it. Fine. but just stop posting mo ro nic gibberish

睁眼看看吧- 你们关于进化方面的理解和逻辑不符合现实，你们只是编造了一些虚幻的版本，愚蠢而又不现实。别在网上瞎咧咧了。

HarvestMoonPerson Trigger Article Fifty United Kingdom 2 days ago
Feathers become flight Caudipteryx was the first known feathered animal it was a terapod which is closely related to birds.

尾羽龙是第一种已知的有羽毛的动物。它是一种非常接近鸟类的四足动物。 （原文 terapod 应为 tetrapod)

Playability Cádiz Spain 1 day ago
Aww don't you love it when the Mail tries to do science!

奥，你还有什么对每日邮报不满意的，它都开始尝试搞科研了。

Margaritaflower Eagle Pass United States 2 days ago
The fossil looks like one of my chickens...a road kill chicken.

这个化石看起来就像我养的鸡，在公路上被（车）压扁了的鸡。

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Mind Burner belfast United Kingdom 1 day ago
Maybe he should publish this if it's what he says it is. It would surely win a Nobel or two at the very least. Waiting for the big win ....

如果他真的这样说的话，那他应该公布出来。他绝对能赢得至少两个炸药奖。等着看他大获全胜……

Tuna Sandwich Unfriendly to dolphins United Kingdom 1 day ago
From an interview with Mary Schweitzer in the Smithsonian May 2006: "Meanwhile Schweitzer's research has been hijacked by "young earth" creationists who insist that dinosaur soft tissue couldn't possibly survive millions of years. They claim her discoveries support their belief based on their interpretation of Genesis that the earth is only a few thousand years old. Of course it's not unusual for a paleontologist to differ with creationists. But when creationists misrepresent Schweitzer's data she takes it personally: she describes herself as "a complete and total Christian." On a shelf in her office is a plaque bearing an Old Testament verse:" Google 'Mary Schweitzer Smithsonian' to find out more about how she feels about liars like jabez7.

2006年5月，玛丽.史怀哲在史密森尼的采访报道：“与此同时，史怀哲的研究被”年轻地球创造论者“所绑架，这些人坚信恐龙的软组织不可能经过百万年时间还能保留下来。他们声称史怀哲的发现，对于他们的信仰-即圣经创世纪中记录地球只有几千岁，是一种巨大的支持。当然，古生物学家和神造论者意见相左是稀松平常的。当神造论者歪曲她的研究结果时，她非常的生气。虽然她称自己为百分之百的基督徒。她办公室的一个架子上放着一个写着旧约全书的牌匾。 谷歌玛丽.史怀哲 史密森尼，找到更多关于玛丽.史怀哲对象 jabez7这种骗子的评价。

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Gazzeel Wigan United Kingdom 2 days ago
Even if you debunk this rubbish the 'scientists' will stick to their guns. TO KEEP THEIR JOBS!!!!

就算你拆穿他们的把戏，这些所谓的科学家也会为了保住工作继续坚持他们的立场。

JCP Haslemere 2 days ago
Gazzeel - You will have read the explanation for why red pigment has been detected; and if you understood it you ought to be able to present a coherent case that argues against it. You are signally unable to do that. Instead the best you can do is the silliness above. Do you sometimes wonder whether you actually are in fact just stupid?

回Gazzeel: 读一读那些解释，了解一下为什么红色素会被探测到。如果你读明白了，那么就用清楚明了的证据来反驳它，但是很明显你做不到，你就只会胡搅蛮缠。你有没有意识到，你真的是个蠢猪？

highestb1d manchester 2 days ago
This is what religion does to people dinosaurs disprove their faith so they either deny dinosaurs existed or claim the fossils are less than 2000 years old. Religion is a mental illness

这就是宗教对待人们的方式，恐龙的存在反证了他们的信仰。所以他们在否认恐龙存在的同时，也声称那些化石历史都低于2千年。宗教就是神经病。