It was a plausible theory, says Dr Campbell-Staton, but no one had actually tested it.

坎贝尔-斯塔顿博士说，这是一个貌似合理的理论，但没有人真正验证过它。

Shane Campbell-Staton, a biologist at Princeton University, studies how animals adapt to human creations like cities and pollution.

普林斯顿大学的生物学家坎贝尔-斯塔顿研究动物如何适应人类的创造，如城市和污染。

Bethan Staton covers education for the FT.

Bethan Staton 负责英国《金融时报》的教育报道。

Bethan Staton is the FT's public policy reporter.

Bethan Staton 是英国《金融时报》的公共政策记者。

Bethan Staton covers education for the Financial Times. Thanks, Bethan.

Bethan Staton 为英国《金融时报》报道教育。谢谢，贝坦。

The FT's Bethan Staton reports that universities aren't exactly lining up to use it.

英国《金融时报》的 Bethan Staton 报道称， 大学并没有完全排好队使用它。

" The fastest moving thing has been snow shovels. We are down to the last few of them, " said Derek Staton, who works at a hardware store in Virginia.

“卖的最快的是雪铲，现在就剩下几把了。”在维吉尼亚一个五金店工作的德里克·斯塔顿说。

But, given time and genetic recombination, says Dr Campbell-Staton, evolution might disentangle the mutation for tusklessness from the maladaptive mutations in its neighbouring genes, opening the door for males to shed their tusks, too.

但是，坎贝尔-斯塔顿博士说，经过一定的时间和基因重组，进化可能会将无牙突变从邻近基因的不适应突变中解脱出来，也为雄性打开无牙的大门。