The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their ExtinctionThe inside story of a scientific heresy that is scandalizing traditional paleontology, told by the unorthodox leader of the dinosaurian heretics and featuring over 200 original black-and-white drawings that show how dinosaurs lived. |
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Page 94
... metabolism , can we explain their success ? The theory begins by as- suming " cold - bloodedness . " Stuck with the model of hypothetical dinosaurs who produce low body heat , the only way to make their body temperature stay reasonably high ...
... metabolism , can we explain their success ? The theory begins by as- suming " cold - bloodedness . " Stuck with the model of hypothetical dinosaurs who produce low body heat , the only way to make their body temperature stay reasonably high ...
Page 97
... high - metabolism version would greatly surpass the low - metabolism model , because the high - metabolism model could shiver to raise heat production so high that rain wouldn't lower body temperature at all ( no reptile can shiver like ...
... high - metabolism version would greatly surpass the low - metabolism model , because the high - metabolism model could shiver to raise heat production so high that rain wouldn't lower body temperature at all ( no reptile can shiver like ...
Page 98
... high metabolism . Such a concession , however , would lead to yet another inconsistency in the theory of mass homeothermy . Big dinosaurs , all of them , evolved from small - dinosaur ancestors . The idea that little ances- tors had high ...
... high metabolism . Such a concession , however , would lead to yet another inconsistency in the theory of mass homeothermy . Big dinosaurs , all of them , evolved from small - dinosaur ancestors . The idea that little ances- tors had high ...
Contents
Brontosaurus in the Great Hall | 15 |
Meditation | 29 |
Dinosaurs Score | 75 |
Copyright | |
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The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs ... Robert T. Bakker No preview available - 1996 |
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