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April 26, 2022

REVIEW: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs : An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World by Riley Black

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdinosaurs / evolution / non-fiction / paleontology / science4 Comments

An exciting narrative nonfiction book about the day the dinosaurs went extinct…and what happened next. Picture yourself in the Cretaceous period. It’s a sunny afternoon in the Hell Creek of ancient Montana 66 million years ago. A Triceratops horridus ambles along the edge of the forest. In a matter of ... more >

January 11, 2022

REVIEW: Explorers of Deep Time by Roy Plotnick

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsArtist / biology / botany / discovery / geology / non-fiction / paleontology / research / science / Scientist / student / teachers9 Comments

Paleontology is one of the most visible yet most misunderstood fields of science. Children dream of becoming paleontologists when they grow up. Museum visitors flock to exhibits on dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. The media reports on fossil discoveries and new clues to mass extinctions. Nonetheless, misconceptions abound: paleontologists are ... more >

July 2, 2021

REVIEW: The Science of Jurassic World : The Dinosaur Facts Behind the Films by Jon Brake and Jon Chase

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdinosaurs / Movies / non-fiction / paleontology / scienceComments Off on REVIEW: The Science of Jurassic World : The Dinosaur Facts Behind the Films by Jon Brake and Jon Chase

A tale of some of the most amazing creatures ever to grace this tiny planet—unearth how the science fiction of the Jurassic World franchise inspired the evolution of dinosaur science. It all began in 1993. Jurassic Park was a movie landmark in the development of computer-generated imagery and animatronic visual ... more >

May 31, 2021

REVIEW: Locked in Time by Dean R. Lomax

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbehavior / dinosaurs / evolution / fossils / non-fiction / paleontology / science2 Comments

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Fossils allow us to picture the forms of life that inhabited the earth eons ago. But we long to know more: how did these animals actually behave? We are fascinated by the daily lives of our fellow creatures—how they reproduce and raise their young, how they hunt their prey or ... more >

October 29, 2020

REVIEW: Kindred – Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsarcheology / History / non-fiction / paleontology / scienceComments Off on REVIEW: Kindred – Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

In Kindred, Neanderthal expert Rebecca Wragg Sykes shoves aside the cliché of the shivering ragged figure in an icy wasteland, and reveals the Neanderthal you don’t know, our ancestor who lived across vast and diverse tracts of Eurasia and survived through hundreds of thousands of years of massive climate change. ... more >

October 29, 2020

REVIEW: Bones: Inside and Out by Roy A. Meals, MD

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanimals / anthropology / culture / Doctor / evolution / fossils / History / medicine / non-fiction / paleontology2 Comments

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A lively, illustrated exploration of the 500-million-year history of bone, a touchstone for understanding vertebrate life and human culture. Human bone is versatile and entirely unique: it repairs itself without scarring, it’s lightweight but responds to stresses, and it’s durable enough to survive for millennia. In Bones, orthopedic surgeon Roy ... more >

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