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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Life existed on Earth before the dinosaurs, and a cataclysmic upheaval was needed for their rise to true dominance.
Chapter 3: Dinosaurs were not dominant at first, but soon exploited ecological conditions to establish themselves.
Chapter 4: Dinosaurs survived yet another mass extinction, then diversified to become some of the largest animals ever.
Chapter 5: Owing to geological processes and cutthroat fossil hunters, we know an awful lot about the Jurassic Period.
Chapter 6: T. Rex is rightly fearsome and famous, but the rest of the large tyrannosaur family were just as impressive.
Chapter 7: Thanks to fossils, we know more about T. Rex than many living animals, and it fully deserves its monstrous reputation.
Chapter 8: T. Rex may have ruled North America, but it wasn’t the dinosaurs’ only evolutionary success story.
Chapter 9: Birds didn’t just evolve from dinosaurs; they are dinosaurs, and their key traits are truly Jurassic holdovers.
Chapter 10: A catastrophic impact from space killed the dinosaurs, but some paleontologists argue the dinosaurs were already on their way out.
Description
In The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (2018), leading young paleontologist Steve Brusatte takes us on a journey through time and space, detailing the history of the different dinosaurs and the worlds in which they lived. He is guided by his deep knowledge of fossils and geological evidence, and is thus able to bring the fascinating stories of dinosaurs into clear focus.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone looking to take their knowledge of dinosaurs beyond Jurassic Park
- Adults who loved playing with dinosaurs when they were kids
- People interested in geology and fossils