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Social Behaviour in Dinosaurs - With David Hone

The Royal Institution via YouTube

Overview

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Learn about the social behavior of dinosaurs through the fossil record, focusing on how they lived and died together. The course covers inferring behavior from fossils, basics of dinosaur behavior, diversity, adult aggregations, evidence for juvenile predation, and how groups formed. The teaching method involves a lecture by a renowned paleontologist. This course is intended for individuals interested in paleontology, dinosaur behavior, and prehistoric ecology.

Syllabus

Intro
Gobi Desert Fieldwork
Inferring behaviour in the fossil record
Social Behaviour
Dinosaurs: the basics
Diversity!
Adult aggregations
New specimens
Aggregations in Protoceratops
Dinosaur Aggregations
Evidence for juvenile predation
Groups Forming

Taught by

The Royal Institution

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