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How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Really Looked Like?
By Thimmesh, Catherine
- ISBN
- 978-0-547-99134-4
- Publisher
- Houghton (Houghton Mifflin Trade and Reference Division)
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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2013
Scientists know a great deal about dinosaurs, except for one big unanswered (and likely unanswerable) question: what did they actually look like? With only a few rare fossilizations of soft parts, many dinosaur characteristics -- from skin color and texture to thickness of muscles and facial expressions -- remain a mystery. To create images for books, scientific reports, and museums, paleoartists use scientific evidence and a dash of artistic license to come up with the best possible a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013 | Science
Paleoartists use scientific evidence and a dash of artistic license to come up with the best approximations of what dinosaurs looke...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
