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A team of British paleontologists think they've uncovered the first fossilized dinosaur brain.
一队英国古生物学家认为他们已经发现了首个恐龙大脑的化石。
The fossil seems to be from an herbivorous dinosaur, similar to an Iguanodon, that lived during the Early Cretaceous Period,roughly 133 million years ago.
化石似乎是一种食草恐龙，类似禽龙，生活在白垩纪早期，大约1亿3300万年前。
Although previous dinosaur fossils have captured skin, organs and even red blood cells, scientists were skeptical brain tissue could be preserved.
虽然从以前的恐龙化石中获得过皮肤，器官甚至红血细胞，科学家们怀疑脑组织能否被保存下来。
One paleontologist from the University of Cambridge said the brain fragment was most likely petrified when the dinosaur died in a shallow swamp or bog. There the acidity of the water replaced the soft tissue with minerals, basically "pickling" the brain.
来自剑桥大学的古生物学家表示，大脑最有可能在恐龙死于浅水沼泽或泥塘时石化。在那里，水的酸性取代了含矿物质的软组织，基本上将大脑进行了“酸洗”。
The finding is important not only because it's the first of its kind, but because it can hopefully pave the way for similar discoveries in the future.
这一发现很重要，不仅因为它是同类中的首次，而且为将来类似的发现铺平道路。
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