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The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs: A Revolution in Paleontology

By Adrian J. Desmond  

23 Jul, 2023

Because My Tears Are Delicious To You

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Adrian J. Desmond’s 1975 The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs: A Revolution in Paleontology is a non-fiction account of a revolution in paleontology. Keen-eyed readers may be able to work out for themselves which particular subfield of paleontology was being revolutionized.

Dinosaurs! Relics of a pre-Noachian era? Dimly aware, clumsily lumbering outsized lizards? Or something else entirely?

Desmond advocates for something else entirely.”

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