neoteny

neoteny

美 [ni'?t?n?] 　英 [ni:'?t?n?]

• n.【動】幼態持續
• 網絡幼態成熟；幼態延續；性早熟

英漢解釋

n.	1. 【動】幼態持續,幼期性熟

英英解釋

n.	1. the existence of juvenile features in an adult animal, e.g. the retention of gills in some salamanders

例句

They are now probing other parts of the brain in humans, chimps and macaques to see where neoteny might play a role.

目前科學家正在探查人類、黑猩猩和恒河猴其他的大腦部位是否也有幼態持續的現象。

Gould's idea about neoteny remains controversial, to say the least.

至少可以說，古爾德的幼態持續理論仍存在爭議。

But Alexander Harcourt, professor emeritus of anthropology at UC Davis, regards neoteny as "still a viable concept. "

但是加州大學戴維斯分校人類學名譽教授亞歷山大·哈克特認為幼態持續的解釋依然是可行的。

Because neoteny means the retention of immature qualities into adulthood.

因為幼態持續指不成熟的素質保持到成年。

The juvenile stages and neoteny observed by him may also be explained in this way.

他所看到的幼態階段和幼態成熟也可利用這種方法來解釋。

NEOTENY AND MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF BIOS

幼態成熟學說與生物的形態演化