![]() As in Martin’s The Evolution Underground, Brusatte advances the idea that underground burrows were crucial to survival.īrusatte introduces the dinosauromorphs, the close evolutionary forebears of the dinosaurs. ![]() Brannen’s recent book The Ends of the World did a marvellous job introducing the five major mass extinctions, but Brusatte can be equally evocative in his descriptions. Ordered roughly chronologically, it starts off with the Permian mass extinction some 252 million years ago. The current book, however, is a pop-science account of these fascinating reptiles. But don't expect a dry, scientific book, Brusatte has created a page-turning history spanning 200 million years going through the evolution of dinosaurs from small, inauspicious creatures, to their dominance of the earth, to their mass extinction when a massive asteroid hit the earth in modern-day Mexico.“ The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: The Untold Story of a Lost World”, written by Steve Brusatte, published in Europe by Macmillan in April 2018 (hardback, 404 pages)īrusatte has previously authored the textbook Dinosaur Paleobiology. Brusatte, an American paleontologist, is one of the foremost researchers in the field and has created this new history of the dinosaurs through extensive research, collaboration with paleontologists around the world, and cutting-edge technology.
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