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How to Become a Paleontologist
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Do you know how to become a Paleontologist? Find out how to become a Paleontologist in this article from HowStuffWorks.
Is Godzilla a Dinosaur?
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Is Godzilla, the King of Monsters a dinosaur? HowStuffWorks talk to a few paleontologists to get their opinions.
What Was the Biggest Dinosaur? Here Are the 4 Best Estimates
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Determining the biggest dinosaur is a tricky process. Dinosaurs are extinct, so scientists can't simply go out and measure the world's biggest dinosaurs.
Dinosaur Discoveries
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The oldest record of a fossil dinosaur bones discovery is in a Chinese book written between 265 and 317 A.D. Learn more about dinosaur discoveries.
How Pterosaurs Worked
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Pterosaurs were a group of flying reptiles that first appeared on Earth about 215 million years ago. Learn more about the giant pterosaurs.
Dinosaur Extinction
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Dinosaurs went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Era. Learn the theories that try to explain what happened to the dinosaurs and why they went extinct.
The Big Dinosaur Debate: Is It an Apatosaurus or Brontosaurus?
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Apatosaurus was a sauropod of spectacular proportions. But there's a debate raging for decades about whether its genus should cancel out the Brontosaurus.
Why Did the T. Rex Have Such Puny Arms?
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HowStuffWorks talks to expert paleontologists about why they think the mighty T. rex had such tiny arms, and how the dinosaur used them.
She's the Most Famous Paleobiologist You May Not Know
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The late Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska was the first woman to lead a dinosaur excavation expedition. And her volumes of research provide most of what we know today about the evolution of modern mammals.
Recent Dinosaur Discoveries
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Dinosaur interest soared in the 1990s, mostly due to the film Jurassic Park and new dinosaur discoveries. Learn about more recent dinosaur discoveries.