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Paul Sereno graver dinosaurer op

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Mærkelige landskaber, drønende varme og (nogen gange) gale krokodiller venter de forskere der søger spor på evolutionens genistreger. Palæontolog Paul Sereno taler om sine overraskende møder med det forhistoriske -- og en ny måde at få de studerende til at deltage i eventyret.

Surely not the only science career based on a museum tour epiphany, Paul Sereno's is almost certainly the most triumphant. He's dug up dinosaurs on five continents -- and discovered the world's largest crocodile, the (extinct) 40-foot Sarchosuchus. Full bio »

Translated into Danish by David J. Kreps Finnemann
Reviewed by Anders Finn Jørgensen
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