Dinosaurs Rediscovered: New Findings which are Revolutionizing Dinosaur ScienceFrom dinosaurs smaller than chickens to the biggest beasts ever to walk the Earth, here is the exciting story of recent discoveries about dinosaurs and the scientists who made them. Informal and informative.--The Boston Globe. Lessem wrote and hosted a recent Nova series on dinosaurs. Photos and drawings. |
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... dinosaur bone samples sent to Oak Ridge . There , researchers found that sound moved through bone fossils at four thousand meters a second , ten times faster than it did through sandstone , suggesting sound waves could identify dinosaur ...
... dinosaur bone samples sent to Oak Ridge . There , researchers found that sound moved through bone fossils at four thousand meters a second , ten times faster than it did through sandstone , suggesting sound waves could identify dinosaur ...
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... dinosaur claim , neither did the fossils themselves . But they may yet . When he retired in 1983 , Jensen left behind a staggering one hundred tons of jacketed fossils , white- plastered boulders full of dinosaur bones so numerous and ...
... dinosaur claim , neither did the fossils themselves . But they may yet . When he retired in 1983 , Jensen left behind a staggering one hundred tons of jacketed fossils , white- plastered boulders full of dinosaur bones so numerous and ...
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... dinosaur extinction . Since coming to the Colville , Clemens has plunged into the business of finding hundreds of dinosaur bones from among the last of the dinosaurs . The discovery of the first dinosaur remains from the North Slope of ...
... dinosaur extinction . Since coming to the Colville , Clemens has plunged into the business of finding hundreds of dinosaur bones from among the last of the dinosaurs . The discovery of the first dinosaur remains from the North Slope of ...
Contents
The Truth About Dinosaurs | 15 |
Glossary of Essential Terms | 23 |
Approaching the Dinosaur Frontier | 27 |
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