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The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs: A Revolution in Palaeontology

by Adrian J. Desmond

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Draws upon recent discoveries and research to recount the rise and fall of the dinosaurs, as dominant, warm-blooded animals, and to reassess their intelligence, agility, physiological complexity, and advanced social behavior.

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One of the first books that shook the slow, dumb dinosaur paradigm and forced a re-thinking of their lives and ecology.

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Canonical title: The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs: A Revolution in Palaeontology
Original publication date: 1975

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Genres: Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 567.9 — Natural sciences & mathematics Fossils & Dinosaurs Fossil cold-blooded vertebrates Reptilia
LCC: QE862 .D5 .D45 — Science Geology Geology Paleozoology

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Languages: 5 — Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish
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ISBNs: 12
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Published: 1975
Genres: Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 567.9
LCC: QE862 .D5 .D45

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