不像冻在琥珀里的昆虫化石，被人传诵的故事是活生生的。

Unlike the insect frozen in amber, a told story is alive.

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对长期保存标本与昆虫化石的同位素分析则扩展了研究的时间范围。

The longterm preserved specimens and fossil insects, when used for stable isotope analysis, can expand the temporal scale of these studies greatly.

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这里的商人还出售化石昆虫、甲壳类动物和植物。

Merchants sell fossilized insects, crustaceans and plants.

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