Dinosaurs: Their Lives, Their Deaths and Their Evolution!

by Dr. Bob Gardner
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Institute of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
East Tennessee State University

This show presents a nontechnical introduction to our knowledge of dinosaurs. In particular, we focus on the time frame of the dinosaurs and on their evolutionary relationships to each other and to birds. Finally we discuss their demise.

  1. Introduction
  2. Sunset
  3. Opening Slides
  4. Myths and Misconceptions
  5. The Timeline
  6. The History of Paleontology
  7. Our Concept of Dinosaurs Before 1960
  8. Our Concept of Dinosaurs: 1960 to Today
  9. The Mesozoic Era - When Dinosaurs Ruled!
  10. The Jurassic
  11. The Cretaceous
  12. The Evolutionary Relationships of Dinosaurs
  13. The Dinosaur/Bird Relationship
  14. The End of the Dinosaurs
  15. Conclusion
  16. References and Closing Slides

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