Tim flannery , an australian mammalogist and palaeontologist , is an environmental celebrity .

澳大利亚哺乳动物学家兼古生物学家，timflannery，是一个环境方面的名人。

It was discovered in the canadian rockies over a century ago and was popularised in 1989 in a book , " wonderful life " , by stephen jay gould , an american palaeontologist .

一个世纪以前，它在加拿大落矶山脉被世人发现，1989年又在美国古生物学家stephenjaygould的一本名为《wonderfullife》的书中流传开来。

This reflected the low sea levels resulting from successive ice ages , according to chris stringer , a natural history museum palaeontologist .

自然历史博物馆古生物学家克里斯斯特林格（chrisstringer）称，这反映出接连不断的冰川期导致海平面很低。

Dr eyers was suspicious that the infants were systematically killed because they were unwanted births - a suspicion which has been confirmed by simon mays , a palaeontologist who has spent the past year measuring the bones .

艾尔斯博士怀疑这些婴儿是被系统地杀害的，因为他们是多余的诞生物这一怀疑已被古生物学家西蒙梅斯证实，过去的一年里他一直在测量这些骨骼。

Georges cuvier , an early palaeontologist , made his reputation by predicting the anatomies of newly discovered fossil species from scant evidence , such as single bones .

早年的古生物学家乔治斯卡维尔就以从不充分的依据（如骨骼）推断新发现化石物种的解剖结构而著名。