The dinosaurs rediscovered : how a scientific revolution is rewriting history

The dinosaurs rediscovered : how a scientific revolution is rewriting history / Michael J. Benton.

"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 colour of dinosaurs, their bite forces, top speeds...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benton, M. J. (Michael J.) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Thames and Hudson, 2019.
Subjects:
Dinosaurs.
Paleobiology.
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.

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