In twenty-five vivid vignettes, he weaves together dramatic tales of dinosaur discoveries with what modern science now knows about the species to which they belong. Prothero tells the fascinating stories behind the most important fossil finds and the intrepid researchers who unearthed them. How did we learn that Triceratops had three horns? Why don’t many paleontologists consider Brontosaurus a valid species? What convinced scientists that modern birds are relatives of ancient Velociraptor? In The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries, Donald R. But it took centuries of scientific effort-and a lot of luck-to discover and establish the diversity of dinosaur species we now know. Today, any kid can rattle off the names of dozens of dinosaurs.
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