生物學家：氣候變暖或使人類變小

The climate crisis may lead the human race to shrink in size, as mammals with smaller frames appear better able to deal with rising global temperatures, a leading fossil expert has said.

一位頂尖化石專家表示，氣候危機可能導致人類體型縮小，因為體型較小的哺乳動物似乎能夠更好地適應全球氣候變暖。

Prof Steve Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh, suggested the way in which other mammals have previously responded to periods of climate change could offer an insight into humans' future.
愛丁堡大學古生物學家史蒂夫•布魯薩特教授認為，其他哺乳動物此前在氣候變化時期的反應可以預示人類的未來。

Brusatte said becoming smaller was "a common way that mammals deal with climate change".
布魯薩特表示，變小是“哺乳動物應對氣候變化的常見方式”。

He added: “That's not to say every species of mammal would get smaller, but it seems to be a common survival trick of mammals when temperatures spike pretty quickly.”
他還表示：“這并不是說每一種哺乳動物都會變小，但當溫度迅速升高時，這似乎是哺乳動物常見的生存技巧。這確實提出了一個問題：如果溫度真的迅速升高，人類會變小嗎？我想這是很有可能的。”