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Win Sci: Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World
Mon 1 Nov 2021
at 19:30 to 21:00
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Association of IVCs (AIVC)
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Bob's Friends in Basingstoke, London IVC, Norwich Social Friends
Basingstoke IVC science enthusiasts invite you to this talk on a very interesting subject. The subject of this evenings talk is “Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World”. https://www.youtube.com/WinchesterCafeScientifique If you would like to support, you can find the virtual PayPal sweetie jar (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/WinCafeSci) Your participation provides the motivation to continue. Suggestions for future speakers are welcome. https://www.wincafesci.org.uk/ We have recently renewed our Zoom subscription for another 12 months. If you would like to contribute, you can find the link to our virtual sweetie jar below. Thanks. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/wincafesci A free Zoom account is great if you want to participate. If that is not for you, you can watch on YouTube Live from your normal browser. SUMMARY Dinosaurs are not what you thought they were – or at least, they didn’t look like you thought they did. The world-leading palaeontologist Michael J. Benton brings us a new visual guide to the world of the dinosaurs, showing how rapid advances in technology and amazing new fossil finds have changed the way we see dinosaurs forever. Stunning new illustrations from palaeoartist Bob Nicholls display the latest and most exciting scientific discoveries in vibrant colour. No book before this has been so rigorous in its use of new data that finally tell us how dinosaurs actually looked. From Sinosauropteryx, the first dinosaur to have its colour patterns identified – a ginger and white striped tail – by Benton’s team at Bristol University in 2010, to the recent research on the mixed feathers and scales of Kulindadromeus, this is the first book to be based on cutting-edge scientific research. SPEAKER He also works with fossils to build evolutionary trees and use them to date major events and rates and patterns of evolution, so helping us understand why some groups of animals are more successful than others. He is currently working on the Triassic, the time during which life recovered from the end-Permian mass extinction and when modern ecosystems arose; this was a time of arms races between major groups, and dinosaurs won. Joining the talk:
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William Vine, Winchester Cafe Sci (Promoted by Bob Clifford, Basingstoke IVC Cafe Sci Organiser)
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