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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE DINOSAURS - STEVE BRUS...

In a stunning narrative spanning more than 200 million years  Steve Brusatte  a young American
paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field  masterfully tells the
complete  surprising  and new history of the dinosaurs  drawing on cutting-edge science to
dramatically bring to life their lost world and illuminate their enigmatic origins  spectacular
flourishing  astonishing diversity  cataclysmic extinction  and startling living legacy.
Captivating and revelatory  The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is a book for the ages. Brusatte
traces the evolution of dinosaurs from their inauspicious start as small shadow
dwellers?themselves the beneficiaries of a mass extinction caused by volcanic eruptions at the
beginning of the Triassic period?into the dominant array of species every wide-eyed child
memorizes today  T. rex  Triceratops  Brontosaurus  and more. This gifted scientist and writer
re-creates the dinosaurs' peak during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods  when thousands of
species thrived  and winged and feathered dinosaurs  the prehistoric ancestors of modern birds
emerged. The story continues to the end of the Cretaceous  when a giant asteroid or comet
struck the planet and nearly every dinosaur species (but not all) died out  in the most
extraordinary extinction event in earth's history  one full of lessons for today as we confront
a ?sixth extinction.? An electrifying scientific history that unearths the dinosaurs' epic saga
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs will be a definitive and treasured account for decades to
come.

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