Fossil Forensics: Separating Fact fro...
Jerry BergmanThere is a difference between fact and speculation. Unfortunately, scientists and science media often fail to make the distinction everywhere they should. This is especially true within paleontology. Paleontologists often develop theo...
Tyrannosaurus Sue: The Extraordinary ...
Steve FifferIn 1990, Peter Larson, with his team of commercial fossil hunters from the Black Hills Institute, discovered the most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex specimen in history. He dubbed it "Sue" after the field paleontologist who first saw it ...
How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction D...
Jack HornerIn movies, in novels, in comic strips, and on television, we've all seen dinosaurs-or at least somebody's educated guess of what they would look like. But what if it were possible to build, or grow, a real dinosaur without finding anc...
Ancient Wyoming: A Dozen Lost Worlds ...
Kirk JohnsonSponsored by a grant from the National Science Foundation to the Denver Museum of Natural History. Ever wondered what the ground below you was like millions of years ago? Merging paleontology, geology, and artistry, Ancient Wyoming il...
Life through the Ages, A Commemorativ...
Charles R. KnightFirst published in 1946, Charles R. Knight's Life Through the Ages was for many a beloved first look at the strange animals of the prehistoric past. For much of the 20th century, Knight's reconstructions were the key resource for popu...
Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction ...
David NormanDinosaurs are fascinating creatures and their popularity seems never ending, fueled by films such as Jurassic Park and documentaries such as Walking with Dinosaurs. Yet dinosaurs (or more precisely non-avian dinosaurs) last trod the E...
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Ge...
Svante PaaboA preeminent geneticist hunts the Neanderthal genome to answer the biggest question of them all: What does it mean to be human? What can we learn from the genes of our closest evolutionary relatives? Neanderthal Man tells the story of...
The Scars of Eden: Has humanity confu...
Paul Wallis'Exciting. I absolutely recommend The Scars of Eden', Erich Von Daniken From the author of the bestselling ESCAPING FROM EDEN. Do our world mythologies convey our ancestors' ideas about God? Or are they in reality ancestral memories ...