Episode 237 - The Dinosaur Renaissance

In the mid-to-late 20th Century, dinosaurs received a major makeover in their scientific and popular image. This episode, Riley Black takes us through the timeline of the Dinosaur Renaissance. We discuss some of the big scientific milestones and the various players which brought dinosaurs into their modern era, and we’ll explore the early signs and lingering notes of this historic shift.

In the news: sleepy jellyfish, fast mammals, bird beaks, and dinosaur diets.

Find Riley in these places:

rileyblack.net

bsky.app/profile/restingdinoface.bsky.social

us.macmillan.com/author/rileyblack

Time markers:

Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00

News: 00:07:30

Main discussion, Part 1: 00:53:30

Main discussion, Part 2: 01:43:30

Patron question: 02:56:25

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The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at ocremix.org

Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0