Jack Horner and his colleagues in molecular biology labs are in the process of building the technology to create a real dinosaur.
Jack Horner is regents professor of paleontology at Montana State University, and probably the best-known paleontologist in the world. He is the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" award and the author of several books on dinosaurs.
James Gorman is deputy science editor of The New York Times.
Introduction
Hell Greek
Time, Space, and Digging to the Past
p. 16
It's A Girl!
A Phegnancy Test for T. Rex
p. 57
Molecules Are Fossils Too
Biological Secrets in Ancient Bones
p. 85
Dinosaurs Among Us
Chickens and Other Cousins of T. Rex
p. 114
Where Babies Come From
Ancestors in the Egg
p. 133
Wag the Bird
The Shrinking Backbone
p. 165
Reverse Evolution
Experimenting With Extinction
p. 192
Appendix: Chickenosaurus Skeleton
p. 215
Bibliography
p. 219
Acknowledgments
p. 229
Index
p. 231
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