Dinosaurs rediscovered : the scientific revolution in paleontology /

Dinosaurs rediscovered : the scientific revolution in paleontology /

Over the past twenty years, the study of dinosaurs has changed from natural history to a true scientific discipline. New technologies have revealed secrets locked in the prehistoric bones in ways that nobody predicted. We can now work out the color of dinosaurs, their bite forces, top speeds and eve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benton, M. J. (Michael J.) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thames and Hudson, [2019]
Subjects:
Dinosaurs.
Paleobiology.
Paleontology > Methodology.
Paleontology > Technological innovations.
Fossils.
Dinosaurs > Evolution.
Dinosaurs > Extinction.
Table of Contents:
  • Geological timeline
  • Introduction: How scientific discoveries are made
  • Origin of the dinosaurs
  • Making the tree
  • Digging up dinosaurs
  • Breathing, brains and behaviour
  • Jurassic Park? (Or not...)
  • From baby to giant
  • How did dinosaurs eat?
  • How did they move and run?
  • Mass extinction
  • Afterword
  • Appendix: Extinction hypotheses.