Kings of Creation: How a New Breed of Scientists is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of DinosaursHalf of all known dinosaur species have been discovered in only the past two decades, thanks to a young generation of paleontologists who are reinvigorating the field of dinosaur studies. In Dinosaurs Rediscovered, science journalist Don Lessem describes these adventurous scientists and their remarkable finds. Photos and line drawings throughout. |
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... evolution . With luck and enterprise , we can always probe farther back in time , discovering creatures with increasingly intermediate features between dinosaurs and their reptilian ancestors . Nor , if we set an arbitrary standard for ...
... evolution . With luck and enterprise , we can always probe farther back in time , discovering creatures with increasingly intermediate features between dinosaurs and their reptilian ancestors . Nor , if we set an arbitrary standard for ...
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... evolution , nothing more than a curious evolutionary dead end . Moreover , Chatterjee's Protoavis , if accepted , pushes the date of the origin of birds back by half , making the first birds nearly contempo- raneous with the first ...
... evolution , nothing more than a curious evolutionary dead end . Moreover , Chatterjee's Protoavis , if accepted , pushes the date of the origin of birds back by half , making the first birds nearly contempo- raneous with the first ...
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... evolution , 68 , 82–83 , 121 dinosaur - bird debate and , 84 , 85 Cope , Edwin Drinker , 37-38 , 136 , 276 " cow - turtles , " 54 Cretaceous period , 63 , 66 , 84 , 95 , 118 , 140 , 186 , 187 , 190 , 201 , 205 , 289 , 305 in Africa ...
... evolution , 68 , 82–83 , 121 dinosaur - bird debate and , 84 , 85 Cope , Edwin Drinker , 37-38 , 136 , 276 " cow - turtles , " 54 Cretaceous period , 63 , 66 , 84 , 95 , 118 , 140 , 186 , 187 , 190 , 201 , 205 , 289 , 305 in Africa ...
Contents
The Truth About Dinosaurs | 15 |
Glossary of Essential Terms | 23 |
Approaching the Dinosaur Frontier | 27 |
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