Dinosaur Renaissance: Paradigm shift, Dinosaur, Warm- blooded, Poikilotherm, John Ostrom, Robert T. Bakker, Physiology of dinosaurs, Mammal, Bird, Doldrums, Physiology - Tapa blanda

Dinosaur Renaissance

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The 'Dinosaur renaissance' was a small-scale scientific revolution started in the late 1960s, which led to renewed academic and popular interest in dinosaurs. It was sparked by new discoveries and research indicating that dinosaurs may have been active and warm-blooded animals, rather than cold-blooded and sluggish as had been the prevailing view and description during the first half of the twentieth century. The new view of dinosaurs was championed by John Ostrom, who argued that birds evolved from coelurosaurian dinosaurs, and particularly Robert Bakker who argued passionately that dinosaurs were warm-blooded in a way similar to modern mammals and birds. Bakker frequently portrayed his ideas as a renaissance of those popular in the late nineteenth century, referring to the period in between the wars as 'the dinosaur doldrums'. The dinosaur renaissance led to a profound shift in thinking on nearly all aspects of dinosaur biology, including physiology, evolution, behaviour, ecology and extinction. It has also led to multiple depictions of dinosaurs in popular culture. 212 pp. Englisch. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9786130667924

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