Название: Dinosaurs: How We Know What We KnowАвтор: Mary Higby Schweitzer, Elena Rita Schroeter, Charles Doug Czajka
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2021
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 562
Размер: 692 Mb
Язык: English
This textbook introduces research on dinosaurs by describing the science behind how we know what we know about dinosaurs. A wide range of topics is covered, from fossils and taphonomy to dinosaur physiology, evolution, and extinction. In addition, sedimentology, paleo-tectonics, and non-dinosaurian Mesozoic life are discussed. There is a special opportunity to capitalize on the enthusiasm for dinosaurs that students bring to classrooms to foster a deeper engagement in all sciences. Students are encouraged to synthesize information, employ critical thinking, construct hypotheses, devise methods to test these hypotheses, and come to new defensible conclusions, just as paleontologists do.