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Natural History of Dinosaurs

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Embark on a comprehensive exploration of prehistoric life through this 15-hour video series on the natural history of dinosaurs. Delve into the fascinating world of paleontology, learning about fossilization processes, museum curation, and field excavation techniques. Discover the geological time periods when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and the methods used to date ancient rocks and fossils. Explore the prehistoric climate and geography, understanding how these factors influenced dinosaur evolution and diversity. Gain insights into dinosaur anatomy, phylogenetics, and species classification. Examine the various dinosaur groups, including Ornithischians, Sauropods, and Theropods, studying their unique characteristics, behaviors, and evolutionary adaptations. Investigate controversial topics such as dinosaur intelligence, warm-bloodedness, and the development of feathers. Learn about the origins of birds and their relationship to dinosaurs. Conclude by exploring extinction theories, recent paleontological discoveries, and the enduring impact of dinosaurs on popular culture and scientific research.

Syllabus

Introduction to the Natural History of Dinosaurs Video Series.
How to fossilize a dinosaur.
How do you get a dinosaur into a museum.
How to find a dinosaur.
Which rocks have dinosaurs?.
Bad vs. Good dinosaur paleontologists.
When did the dinosaurs live?.
How do we know that dinosaurs are millions of years old?.
Top 10 Methods to Find the Age of Rocks and Fossils (Part 1).
Dating Rocks with Fossils.
What did Earth look like during the age of Dinosaurs?.
What was the climate like during the age of Dinosaurs?.
What is convergent evolution?.
What is a dinosaur species?.
How do you read a phylogenetic tree of dinosaurs?.
How to compare dinosaur cladograms?.
How to find information about Dinosaurs?.
Do dinosaurs evolve?.
Do you know all the bones found in a dinosaur?.
What is a dinosaur?.
What is the difference between bird and lizard hipped dinosaurs?.
Who were the first dinosaurs?.
Who were the Ornithischian dinosaurs?.
Did some dinosaurs chew?.
Who were the Armored Dinosaurs?.
How did Stegosaurus have sex?.
What unites the Marginocephalian Dinosaurs?.
Did Dinosaurs Butt Heads?.
The Great Mystery of the Ceratopsian Dinosaurs.
What were the Horns and Frills on Dinosaurs used for?.
What are the Two Groups of North American Ceratopsidae?.
Who were the Ornithopod dinosaurs?.
What did Dinosaurs Sound Like?.
What did the Ornithopod Dinosaurs Eat?.
How Many Babies did Dinosaurs have?.
Before they were Big! The Protosauropoda dinosaurs.
How did Dinosaurs get to be so BIG?.
Who were the Sauropod Dinosaurs?.
Who was the BIGGEST dinosaur?.
Who were the theropod dinosaurs?.
How do we group the Theropod Dinosaurs?.
How did dinosaurs hunt?.
Could you out run a Tyrannosaurus rex?.
Were dinosaurs pack-hunters?.
When did Dinosaurs get Feathers?.
The Bones of a Living Dinosaur.
Did Velociraptor look like a bird, or a dinosaur?.
How did birds originate from dinosaurs?.
How did Flight Evolve in Dinosaurs?.
Were there birds living during the age of dinosaurs?.
Were dinosaurs warm or cold blooded? Or something else?.
What evidence is there for Warm Blooded Dinosaurs?.
How fat and how fast were dinosaurs?.
How fast did Dinosaurs Grow?.
How many dinosaurs are there?.
When was the "Golden Age of Dinosaurs"?.
What did Plants look like during the Age of Dinosaurs?.
A Timeline of Dinosaur Discoveries.
How realistic are your Dinosaurs?.
What is left to discover about dinosaurs?.
How did the dinosaurs become extinct?.
The Dinosaurs of the American Museum in New York City.
Radioactive Dinosaur Bones.
Top 10 Methods to Find the Age of Rocks and Fossils (Part 2).
The Spiny Long Necked Dinosaurs.
Lecture 51a The Story of Stegosaurus.
Longisquama and the Great Feather Debate.
Shooting the Pedersoli Cook underhammer .36 cal percussion pistol.
18th century trekking and hunting.
How Imax Made Christopher Nolan a Better Filmmaker.
ANNELIE - SNOW (Official Video).
The Story of Triceratops.
How Paleontologists Communicate Their Fossil Discoveries.

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Benjamin Burger

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