And it was only one of many species of carnivorous whales in the middle Miocene.

而且，它只是中新世中期众多食肉类中的一。

The skeletons of early whales revealed a fascinating transformation.

早期类的骨骼揭示一着迷的转变。

Whales return to the warmth of western Greenland, amongst them are narwhals.

类纷纷回到温暖的西格陵兰海岸。其中的一是角。

It is China's only large whale found in coastal waters.

自此，它们成为我国唯一一活动于近岸的大型类。

Some  of the first mammals to live underwater were likely the ancestors of modern cetaceans, like  whales and dolphins.

一些最早在水下生活的哺乳动物可能是现代类的祖先，如鱼和海豚。

Those vertical lines entangle and kill endangered sea turtles and multiple whale species-including the North Atlantic right whales.

这些竖绳缠住并杀死濒临灭绝的海龟和包括北大西洋露脊在内的多类。

However, the discovery of certain fossils provided crucial evidence that pointed toward the whale's evolutionary past.

然而，某些化石的发现提供指向类进化历史的重要证据。

Rolland and her team studied baleen, a substance found in the upper part of the mouth of some kinds of whale.

罗兰和团队须，一位于某些类嘴巴上部的物质。

The biting sperm whale of Japan is found in deposits that also have dolphins, other whale, very primitive sea lion like animals.

在日本发现的噬抹香所处的沉积层还有海豚、其它类、非常原始的类似海狮的动物。

There is a Leviathanic Museum, they tell me, in Hull, England, one of the whaling ports of that country, where they have some fine specimens of fin-backs and other whales.

他们告诉我，在英国的捕港口赫尔，有一家鱼博物馆，那里有几头非常棒的脊鳍和其他类的标本。

This wolf-like creature, which is believed to have lived around 50 million years ago, is thought to be one of the earliest ancestors of the modern whale.

这类似狼的生物被认为生活在大约5000万年前，被认为是现代类的最早祖先之一。

Did erudite Stubb, mounted upon your capstan, deliver lectures on the anatomy of the Cetacea; and by help of the windlass, hold up a specimen rib for exhibition?

是那个博学的斯塔布，高踞于绞盘顶上，向你发布过有关类解剖学的演讲吗；还是在绞盘的帮助下，吊起过作为样本的肋骨供你观看？

And, the paleontological evidence, the fossil evidence and evidence from looking at the DNA of living whales and other animals now really strongly points to whales being very closely related to hoofed mammals.

古生物学证据、化石证据以及对现代类和其它动物DNA的结果现在真的有力地指向类与有蹄类动物的亲缘关系非常接近。

And the key to that rapid spread, Owen says, might be a newly studied hub of cetacean musical exchange: the uninhabited Kermadec Islands, north of New Zealand, where whales from all over the South Pacific converge en route to Antarctica.

欧文表示，迅速传播的关键，可能是们最近的一个类音乐交流中心：新西兰以北无居住的克马德克群岛，南太平洋各地的鱼在前往南极的途中都会聚集在那里。