Dinosaur that has not died

Author: Xu Xing
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: The controversy over the Chinese bird dragon and "Archaeopteryx sinensis," the "Liaoning Archaeopteryx" incident that caused embarrassment to the U.S. National Geographic magazine—these sensational scientific events and their true origins will be detailed by Dr. Xu Xing, a key figure at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In this book, the history embedded in dinosaur fossils takes center stage. The mysterious mass extinction event, the question of whether birds first took flight from trees or the ground, and when feathers first appeared—all remain unsolved mysteries. Through the arduous fieldwork in exploring these enigmas, the author comes to a startling realization: dinosaurs did not go extinct; we still live in a world populated by dinosaurs.