Dinosaurs rediscovered : the scientific revolution in paleontology / 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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| Other title: | Scientific revolution in paleontology. |
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| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Thames and Hudson,
2019.
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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.