The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction
For over a century, dinosaurs have been thought of as plodding, dim-witted giant lizards too awkward and ill-equipped to survive the ravages of environmental change. Bakker offers startling new evidence destined to forever alter the perception of the much-maligned monsters, depicting them as...
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For over a century, dinosaurs have been thought of as plodding, dim-witted giant lizards too awkward and ill-equipped to survive the ravages of environmental change. Bakker offers startling new evidence destined to forever alter the perception of the much-maligned monsters, depicting them as never before imagined: hot-blooded, amazingly agile, and surprisingly intelligent. Illustrations.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780688042875 (0688042872)
Publish date: October 1st 1986
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Pages no: 481
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Reference,
Science,
Environment,
Nature,
Natural History,
Biology,
Animals,
Evolution,
Dinosaurs
Interesting. Well written and engaging. The book was first published in 1986 so might be a bit outdated, but still provides some fascinating details about dinosaurs that weren't in the general dinosaur books.
Bakker was really the skunk at the garden party when his book suggested, among other things, that dinosaurs were not the cold-blooded reptiles we've always believed them to be but rather warm-blooded creatures from which our modern day birds descended. This theory is now widely considered to be the...
13 years ago
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