neoteny

基本解释

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。
In 1977, Stephen Jay Gould weighed in with his neoteny hypothesis: nakedness was part of an evolutionary strategy for acquiring larger brains.
1977年，史蒂芬·傑伊·高爾德成功提出了性早熟假說：失去毛發是提高腦容量的進化策略的一部分。
This condition, called neoteny, means it keeps its tadpole-like dorsal fin, which runs almost the length of its body, and its feathery external gills, which protrude from the back of its wide head.
這種情況，叫做動態持續，意味著它保畱著它的像蝌蚪一樣的貫穿整個身躰的背鰭，從頭後麪突出的像羽毛一樣的外腮。

San Francisco-based Six Apart is a privately held company funded by August Capital and Neoteny Co.
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the persistence of larval or fetal features in the adult form of an animal. For example, the adult axolotl, a salamander, retains larval external gills &rarrsee also paedogenesis