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A Dinosaur Walks into the Museum

What scientific "detectives" deduced from the biggest footprints ever found

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Thunder in His Footsteps

The ghost of the most gigantic animal that ever walked the earth is conjured to life when a lone fossil hunter tracks down the first true footprints left by this stupendous creature, and thrills to the romance of a great discovery.

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Dino Web Digs

An Internet guide to dinosaurs

The Art of Bones

Nineteenth-century artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins still influences how prehistoric life is represented today.

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