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Geological timeline -- Introduction: How scientific discoveries are made -- Origin of the dinosaurs -- Making the tree -

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Table of contents :
Geological timeline --
Introduction: How scientific discoveries are made --
Origin of the dinosaurs --
Making the tree --
Digging up dinosaurs --
Breathing, brains and behaviour --
Jurassic Park? (Or not...) --
From baby to giant --
How did dinosaurs eat? --
How did they move and run? --
Mass extinction --
Afterword --
Appendix: Extinction hypotheses.

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