Pliny is a natural scientist who describes mermaids. In his immortal book Natural History, he wrote: "As for mermaids, it is not inconceivable. They are real, but their bodies are rough and covered with scales, and even parts like women have scales. "
1In April, 990, Wen Wei Po reported that some scientists were trying their best to find the most amazing discovery in archaeology today-the origin of mermaid mummies 3,000 years ago.
Does the legendary mermaid really exist?
In ancient books of various countries, there are records about the appearance of mermaids.
More than 2,300 years ago, Babylonian historian Barosso wrote in his book History of Past Dynasties that a mermaid was like a fish with a pair of human-like feet on her tail. In Hutchinson's Nautical Diary published in London, England in the17th century, there is such a description: "The mermaid's back and chest exposed on the sea are like a woman. Her body is as big as ordinary people, her skin is very white, and her back is covered with long black hair. When it dived into the water, people also saw its tail like a dolphin, and there were many spots like mackerel on its tail. "
China's mermaid story also has a long history. In China's oldest natural history works, Shan Hai Jing and Nan Guo Jing, it is recorded: "The country that worries about Bo, keeps ears, engraves titles and goes north is all in the south of the water. Note: Ear removal, ear removal, ear removal is a pendant, that is, ear removal is in Zhu Yahai; Engraving, revealing his face, painting the body is a scale, that is, Jiao Ren also. " Among them, Jiao Ren is a fish with a head and four feet. Zheng Chang's Qia Wen Ji in Tang Dynasty said: "Sea people are like fish, with eyes, nose, mouth and claws. They are all beautiful women, their skin is as white as jade, their hair is ponytail, and they are five or six feet long. " In the Song Dynasty, the story of ancestors also described the mermaid in detail: in Song Taizong, a man named Tea Ceremony went to North Korea (now North Korea) and saw a "woman" appearing on the sea. "Her red clothes are naked, her bun is messy, and her cheeks are reddish. Living in water, if you can't feel love, it is a mermaid. "
Some experts think that mermaids may be a variation of apes. Dr. Listing Tinaite, a British marine biologist and a member of the British Bachelor's College, pointed out that these apes have lived in the sea for a long time, and their lower parts have degenerated into fish tails, which is conducive to survival in the water. He said: "Babies live in amniotic fluid before birth and can swim in the water as soon as they are born. Therefore, it is not surprising that an ape-like animal can survive in water.