Dr Phil Manning said that the findings showed the "potential for unlocking the prehistoric colour palette", but that they also contained more fundamental clues about ancient life.

Phil Manning博士说，这项成果显示出了“解密史前色彩的潜力”，但除此之外，它们还包含着更多的有关古生物的基本线索。

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These prehistoric ecosystems have been around for 400million years and support one third of all Marine life, despite only inhabiting 0.2 per cent of the ocean floor.

这些史前生态系统已经存在约4亿年，支撑着约三分之一的所有海洋生物，尽管只占栖息在海底的0.2%。

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This three prehistoric animals not only act as a baby sitter, even after the ice and icebergs all proof of life to escort him home.

这三只史前动物不但要充当小宝宝的保姆，还要历经冰河与冰山各种千惊万险护送他回家。

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Casey recounted that as a lad, he originally wanted to learn about paleontology, or the study of dinosaurs and other prehistoric life.

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The group constitutes a major prehistoric cultural landscape which gives a graphic depiction of life in this remote archipelago in the far north of Scotland some 5, 000 years ago.

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