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在宏观多细胞生物出现以前,我们理解的大多数演化事件是依据对保留在与迭层石共生的稀有燧石中的微体化石的详细研究。这些化石是按照与新鲜的现存的兰绿藻和绿藻类的形态对比来进行分类的。虽然,从古生物学的角度来看,这种作法是有根据的,但却忽略了由于其生活史的变更,在兰绿藻类形态学方面的极度变化(见瓦特伯雷,1976),特别是藻类细胞死后的降解作用(见阿洛米克等人,1972;格鲁比克和霍夫曼,1976)。
Most of the evolutionary events we understand before macro-multicellular organisms appeared were based on a detailed examination of the microfossils retained in the rare flint that co-occur with the bedrock. These fossils are classified according to their morphologies compared with fresh existing green algae and green algae. Although, from an paleontological point of view, this practice is well-founded, it overlooks the extreme changes in the morphology of blue-green algae due to changes in their life history (see Wattle, 1976), especially Degradation of algae cells after death (see Alokim et al., 1972; Grubik and Hoffman, 1976).