断点平衡论试着去解释化石记录的一个古怪的特点——在超过一个世纪的时间里，这一特点已经为古生物学者所熟悉，但一直被忽视。

The punctuated equilibrium hypothesis attempts to explain a curious feature of the fossil record—one that has been familiar to paleontologists for more than a century but has usually been ignored.

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不过在一个世纪以后，古生物学者们证明了nopsca男爵的大部分发现和理论都是正确的。

But over a century later, paleontologists have proven that most of Baron von Nopsca's discoveries and theories were legit.

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不过，在20世纪80年代，古生物学者发现了完整的牙形刺化石标本，而直到最近科学家们才开始揭露出它们的秘密。

In the 1980s, however, paleontologists found full fossilized conodont specimens, and only recently have scientists begun to unravel their secrets.

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