The Rise Of The Dinosaurs

The Rise Of The Dinosaurs

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Dinosaurs
The Infinite Monkey Cage

Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a new series of their multi-award winning science/comedy show. They kick off with arguably any child's first interest in science - dinosaurs! They are joined by comedian Rufus Hound and palaeontologists Susannah Maidment from the Natural Histor ...  Show more

Jurassic Squawk
Curious Cases

"Is there is any way of knowing what noises, if any, dinosaurs would have made?" asks Freddie Quinn, aged 8 from Cambridge in New Zealand.From Jurassic Park to Walking with Dinosaurs, the roars of gigantic dinosaurs like T.Rex are designed to evoke fear and terror.But did dinosau ...  Show more

Les dinosaures étaient bien plus évolués que ceux de Jurassic Park
Sixième Science

Ils ont fait leur temps, mais ils y ont laissé leur empreinte... et pas mal de leurs fossiles. Vous voyez de qui je veux parler? Des dinosaures, bien sûr. Pendant 90 passionnantes minutes, le documentaire "Au temps des dinosaures" (disponible en replay gratuit sur France.tv jusqu ...  Show more

The Life Scientific: Steve Brusatte on the fall of dinosaurs and the rise of mammals
Discovery

Steve Brusatte analyses the pace of evolutionary change and tries to answer big questions. Why did the dinosaurs die out and the mammals survive? How did dinosaurs evolve into birds? If you met a Velociraptor today you’d probably mistake it for a large flightless bird, says Steve ...  Show more