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Steve Brusatte is Professor of Palaeontology and Evolution at the University of Edinburgh and a specialist on the anatomy, genealogy and evolution of dinosaurs and mammals. In this talk, palaeontologist Steve Brusatte will give a breezy biography of dinosaurs, where you can learn about their humble origins, how they became the largest animals to ever live on land and their sudden death in the fireball of an asteroid. Superbly illustrated with photos and art, this is popular-science writing at its best.Join Steve Brusatte for an evening talk all about dinosaurs to celebrate our prehistoric beasts' first year at Edinburgh Zoo!ĭinosaurs ruled the world for over 150 million years and their descendants continue to thrive today as birds, including many that you can see at the zoo. A fascinating chapter points out that dinosaurs are not extinct, as one lineage did survive the chaos at the end of the Cretaceous: we call them birds. rex by measuring skulls, map dinosaur genealogies as the continents drift, and see the evidence that the strike of a giant comet or asteroid spelled the end of their reign. We follow researchers as they study dinosaur tracks, use computer models to determine body sizes and weights, trace the growth of T. With both dino-geek glee and science-writer exactitude, Brusatte travels the world as he tells the story of the rise of dinosaurs, from their origin in the Triassic to their eventual near extinction at the end of the Cretaceous. We are in a new golden age of dinosaur science, and Brusatte, author of a textbook, Dinosaur Paleobiology (2012), and resident expert for the BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs, provides an insider’s view of the history of both dinosaurs and dinosaur science. Every week, a new species of dinosaur is being discovered somewhere in the world.
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