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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
by Steve Brusatte
The new history of dinosaurs from a young paleontologist: Triassic origins, giants, feathers, the asteroid. Enthusiastic and current.
Read it if…
you loved dinosaurs as a child and want the update.
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Skip it if…
you want human evolution.
Try instead: The Rise and Reign of the Mammals →
Three things you will actually use
- Dinosaurs rose slowly, fell fast.
- Birds are dinosaurs.
- Science keeps revising.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the asteroid.
Our verdict
Brusatte's dinosaurs.
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