Unearthing the Dragon
A Fantasy, Science, Biology book. Absolutely a fascinating story about a bellwether moment in science: the discovery in China...
Here is the book that establishes the revolution in dinosaur science thathas occurred in our generation. Dinosaurs are no longer thought of as lizards somuch as birds. The transformation can be seen from the first Jurassic Parkmovie to the recent reconstructions in the BBC series Walking with Dinosaursin America, where they appear as warm blooded and feathered, attending theiryoung and brooding their nests. This transformation in popular culture isbased on excavations at one profoundly important site in China: Liaoning.Here, told by the leading U.S. researcher who has been to the site, MarkNorrell, is the definitive story of that discovery.Unearthing the Dragon is also a highly personalized account ofbeing in a foreign land with a very different history of science, culture,and everyday social behavior. Fossils are often collected by peasants, notresearchers. Local officials are often more swayed by noble and vigorousdrinking sessions than reasoned argument. Photographer Mick Ellison getsinto various kinds of trouble as Norrell navigates the pair forward througha strange world--and leads readers to a magical world of feathered dinosaursrevealed in the Liaoning formation.About the AuthorMARK NORELL is the Chair and Curator, Division of Paleontology, AmericanMuseum of Natural History. He...
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- Pages: 224 pages
- ISBN: 9780131862661 / 131862669
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A quick read from one paleontologist's POV regarding the potential evolution of feathers based on Chinese fossil beds. Written for the layperson, a quick and entertaining read - part memoir/travelogue and part scientific treatise. Are birds the direct descendants of dinosaurs? Fossilized feathered creatures with dinosaur characteristics were found in China in 2003. Could this have been the link paleontologists needed to connect dinosaurs with today's birds? The answer is not exactly present in the book because new discoveries are always being made. (Also since... Absolutely a fascinating story about a bellwether moment in science: the discovery in China that some dinosaurs had feathers, most difficult to fathom. Like most kids. I grew up loving dinosaursthose terrible lizardsbut like lizards they all had scales, not fluffy feathers. Wow.More later.
