BSC-1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Deinonychus, Robert T. Bakker, Dinosaur Renaissance

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History of dinosaur paleontology + characteristics of dinosaurs. How do we define paleontology and how does it relate to dinosaurs (the largest carnivores known): a paleontologist studies ancient organisms, including dinos. A. 1. usually incorporate paleobiology (the study of the lives of extinct organisms including their psychology, ecology, functional anatomy, and physiology) A. 2. paleontology = important in a scientific literacy base because it usually exposes kids for the 1st time to scientific ideas! What"re some of the main discoveries related to dinosaurs: dinos were scientifically recognized in the year 1842, but we"ve known about em for centuries. China + medieval europe have early records supporting the existence of dragons; probably based on dino remains. 1676: giant human thighbone found, england > called a. Scrotum humanum (1st scientific name given to dino parts!) Native amer. said dino leftovers were from the father of the buffalo or a sacred race of giants from past (1800s)

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