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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... paleon- tologist Sankar Chatterjee . Reassembled and aligned , these fossils com- prise most of the skeleton of a distinctive creature . If Chatterjee has interpreted it properly , it may be the most significant paleontological find of ...
... paleon- tologist Sankar Chatterjee . Reassembled and aligned , these fossils com- prise most of the skeleton of a distinctive creature . If Chatterjee has interpreted it properly , it may be the most significant paleontological find of ...
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... paleon- tologists were not convinced . " This is a leap off the cliff of knowledge into the abyss of speculation , " says University of Pennsylvania paleon- tologist Peter Dodson . Bakker summarized much of his own evolutionary research ...
... paleon- tologists were not convinced . " This is a leap off the cliff of knowledge into the abyss of speculation , " says University of Pennsylvania paleon- tologist Peter Dodson . Bakker summarized much of his own evolutionary research ...
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... paleon- tologist ' who saw dinosaurs as sluggish , dim - witted , swamp - slogging behemoths . " Bakker was lancing at a corpse that had been buried fifteen years before , wrote Dodson . " For instance , orthodox paleon- tologists do ...
... paleon- tologist ' who saw dinosaurs as sluggish , dim - witted , swamp - slogging behemoths . " Bakker was lancing at a corpse that had been buried fifteen years before , wrote Dodson . " For instance , orthodox paleon- tologists do ...
Contents
The Truth About Dinosaurs | 15 |
Glossary of Essential Terms | 23 |
Approaching the Dinosaur Frontier | 27 |
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