生物學(xué)家：氣候變暖或使人類變小

The climate crisis may lead the human race to shrink in size, as mammals with smaller frames appear better able to deal with rising global temperatures, a leading fossil expert has said.

一位頂尖化石專家表示，氣候危機(jī)可能導(dǎo)致人類體型縮小，因?yàn)轶w型較小的哺乳動(dòng)物似乎能夠更好地適應(yīng)全球氣候變暖。

Prof Steve Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh, suggested the way in which other mammals have previously responded to periods of climate change could offer an insight into humans' future.
愛(ài)丁堡大學(xué)古生物學(xué)家史蒂夫•布魯薩特教授認(rèn)為，其他哺乳動(dòng)物此前在氣候變化時(shí)期的反應(yīng)可以預(yù)示人類的未來(lái)。

Brusatte said becoming smaller was "a common way that mammals deal with climate change".
布魯薩特表示，變小是“哺乳動(dòng)物應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化的常見(jiàn)方式”。

He added: “That's not to say every species of mammal would get smaller, but it seems to be a common survival trick of mammals when temperatures spike pretty quickly.”
他還表示：“這并不是說(shuō)每一種哺乳動(dòng)物都會(huì)變小，但當(dāng)溫度迅速升高時(shí)，這似乎是哺乳動(dòng)物常見(jiàn)的生存技巧。這確實(shí)提出了一個(gè)問(wèn)題：如果溫度真的迅速升高，人類會(huì)變小嗎？我想這是很有可能的。”