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The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction

Robert T. Bakker

Were dinosaurs slow cold blooded failures, or active animals closer to birds and warm blooded creatures than to lizards?

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Author
Robert T. Bakker

Why read it

  • You will see how scientists read bones to work out how an extinct animal lived
  • You will learn how confident experts can be wrong, including the author himself
  • You will understand the case for a close link between dinosaurs and birds

Who it is for

  • A parent or fan who wants dinosaur science beyond the museum label
  • Someone who likes watching experts argue and change their minds
  • A reader who wants a field scientist's view of fossils

Contents

  1. The Dinosaur Heresies.pdf
  2. Preface
  3. 1 Brontosaurus in the Great Hall at Yale
  4. 2 Wyoming Revere: Meditation on the Geological Text
  5. 3 Mesozoic Class Warfare: Cold-Bloods Versus the Fabulous Firballs
  6. 4 Dinosaurs Score Where Komodo Dragons Fall
  7. 5 The Case of the Brontosaurus: Finding the Body
  8. 6 Gizzard Stones and Brontosaur Menus
  9. 7 The Case of the Duckbill's Hand
  10. 8 Dinosaurs at Table
  11. 9 When Dinosaurs Invented Flowers
  12. 10 The Teutonic Diplodocus: A Lesson in Gait and Carriage
  13. 11 Mesozoic Arms Race
  14. 12 Defense Without Armor
  15. 13 Dinosaurs Take to the Air
  16. 14 Archaeopteryx Paterinty Suit: The Dinosaur-Bird Connection
  17. 15 Sex and Intimidation: The Body Language of Dinosaurs
  18. 16 The Warm-Blooded Tempo of the Donosaurs' Growth
  19. 17 Strong Hearts, Stout Lungs, and Big Brains
  20. 18 Eaters and Eaten as the Test of Warm-Bloodedness
  21. 19 Punctuated Equilibrium: The Evolutionary Timekeeper
  22. 20 The Kazanian Revolution: Setting the Stage for the Dinosauria
  23. 21 The Twilight of the Dinosaurs
  24. 22 Dinosaurs Have Class
  25. Notes and References

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