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How were dinosaurs discovered?
How were dinosaurs discovered?
Learn about the history of people discovering fossils and the coining of the term
dinosaur
.
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How were dinosaurs discovered?
Fossil collection in the University of California Museum of Paleontology
Watch Earth's continents move, from 650 million years ago to 250 million years in the future
Find out whether dinosaurs really had feathers
How are birds and dinosaurs related?
Learn about the discovery of dinosaur “Sue” and the competition between collectors
Archaeopteryx
: The holy grail of fossils
Why don't birds have teeth?
What did ancient animals REALLY eat?
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