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Dinosaurs Rediscovered
- The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Over the past 20 years, the study of dinosaurs has transformed into a true scientific discipline. New technologies have revealed secrets locked in prehistoric bones that no one could have previously predicted. We can now work out the color of dinosaurs, the force of their bite, their top speeds, and even how they cared for their young.
Remarkable new fossil discoveries - giant sauropod dinosaur skeletons in Patagonia, dinosaurs with feathers in China, and a tiny dinosaur tail in Burmese amber - remain the lifeblood of modern paleobiology. Thanks to advances in technologies and methods, however, there has been a recent revolution in the scope of new information gleaned from such fossil finds.
In Dinosaurs Rediscovered, leading paleontologist Michael J. Benton gathers together all the latest paleontological evidence, tracing the transformation of dinosaur study from its roots in antiquated natural history to an indisputably scientific field. Among other things, the book explores how dinosaur remains are found and excavated, and especially how paleontologists read the details of dinosaurs' lives from their fossils - their colors, their growth, and even whether we will ever be able to bring them back to life. Benton's account shows that, though extinct, dinosaurs are still very much a part of our world.
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- Dinosaur Dungeon
- 2020-05-08
excellent book! read it now!
I really loved listening to this book. The narration was excellent, and the information was very accurate and up-to-date! definitely worth reading this book! I also appreciated the fact that I came with PDF material for further research.
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- Schvenn
- 2023-12-30
Dinosaurs are fun and so is science.
It's fascinating to see how much more we've learned in recent decades and how much more scientific our methods are getting at determining the biology of prehistoric creatures and their environments. DNA is only one small part of this aspect, but along with all the others advances, we're learning more at a faster rate and gaining far more accurate insights than ever before. This was an interesting book.
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- Langer MD
- 2024-02-25
Informative Book. Wrong Format.
I got this book hoping for an update on the state of knowledge in the field. What I got was much more.
Yes, Bristol University School of Earth Sciences Professor Michael J. Benton leans on decades of Paleobiology research to discuss new discoveries over the past 30 years.. but also presents advances in speciation hypotheses, cladistics/phylogeny, biomechanical insights, and extinction theory (among dozens of other topics). You are forgiven if your eyesight goes blurry from lost interest at times - much of this stuff is admittedly pretty "how research is conducted and gets published" dry - but the information is *packed* into the book.
Reader Matthew Waterson turns in a remarkably interested performance, too - given the textbook-like style of the book. Tantor Audio Inc further provide exemplary technical support and a most useful appended PDF (including excellent "Fact Sheet" summaries of the names, discovery history, and appearance of the various animals discussed in the text). I can not praise the presentation enough.
Unfortunately, the quality of the book doesn't translate well to the audiobook format. Benton writes a scholarly book with a *bit* of an effort to target a general audience.. but LOADS the book with technical detail that only insiders/academics can truly appreciate. This recording, hence, only rates 6.5 stars out of 10 (still pretty good as a 'Plus' selection, but not worth your Credit should they ask for one). Regardless of if you have to pay or not, interested readers should opt for an eBook/paper iteration of the book.
[Incidentally: When I left Undergraduate University for Medical School, there was an emerging theory that Dinosaurs never really "went extinct" - instead evolving to become Birds. Benton documents the result of opening up China to research.. revealing *dozens* of transitional feathered & "flying" forms discovered in Mongolia. That theory that I read about in the 90s is now pretty much doctrine. The author elucidates example after example of that kind of progress and why. Fascinating.]
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