Comments on: Book review – The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World/2022/06/15/book-review-the-last-days-of-the-dinosaurs-an-asteroid-extinction-and-the-beginning-of-our-world/Reviewing fascinating science books since 2017Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:52:06 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Book review – The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs (Third Edition) | The Inquisitive Biologist/2022/06/15/book-review-the-last-days-of-the-dinosaurs-an-asteroid-extinction-and-the-beginning-of-our-world/comment-page-1/#comment-95231Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:52:06 +0000/?p=17668#comment-95231[…] new details about the asteroid impact and the discovery of the site that seems to have recorded the last day of the dinosaurs, or the novel use of bone biomolecules to restore metabolic rates. In the field guide section, I […]

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]]>By: inquisitivebiologist/2022/06/15/book-review-the-last-days-of-the-dinosaurs-an-asteroid-extinction-and-the-beginning-of-our-world/comment-page-1/#comment-53033Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:05:41 +0000/?p=17668#comment-53033In reply to Jeroen Admiraal.

That’s indeed one topic she goes into and she offers some interesting observations on which of the early bird groups survived.

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]]>By: Jeroen Admiraal/2022/06/15/book-review-the-last-days-of-the-dinosaurs-an-asteroid-extinction-and-the-beginning-of-our-world/comment-page-1/#comment-53032Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:01:52 +0000/?p=17668#comment-53032But birds are still around

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]]>By: Millie Schimmel/2022/06/15/book-review-the-last-days-of-the-dinosaurs-an-asteroid-extinction-and-the-beginning-of-our-world/comment-page-1/#comment-52945Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:22:51 +0000/?p=17668#comment-52945I really liked how the author began the book by describing life in the Cretaceous period just before The Asteroid Strike (yeah, that one), followed by a description of the catastrophe and its immediate aftermath. Even from the perspective of some of the creatures that were present, it was rather horrifying. After then, the book takes us on detours into the future (a year from now, a hundred years from now, a thousand years from now, etc.) to see how life has continued to flourish. It covered more than just dinosaurs and mammals; it also covered insects, plants, and other types of life.

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]]>By: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Wikipedia - The Youth International/2022/06/15/book-review-the-last-days-of-the-dinosaurs-an-asteroid-extinction-and-the-beginning-of-our-world/comment-page-1/#comment-50014Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:15:29 +0000/?p=17668#comment-50014[…] “BOOK REVIEW – THE LAST DAYS OF THE DINOSAURS: AN ASTEROID, EXTINCTION, AND THE BEGINNING OF…. The Inquisitive Biologist. June 15, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022. […]

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]]>By: Book review – The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us | The Inquisitive Biologist/2022/06/15/book-review-the-last-days-of-the-dinosaurs-an-asteroid-extinction-and-the-beginning-of-our-world/comment-page-1/#comment-49690Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:34:12 +0000/?p=17668#comment-49690[…] the extinction of the dinosaurs, the rise of mammals turned into a reign. Isolated on various land masses after the supercontinent Pangaea had fragmented, they were poised […]

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]]>By: The Last Days Of The Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, And The Beginning Of Our World - 3 Quarks Daily/2022/06/15/book-review-the-last-days-of-the-dinosaurs-an-asteroid-extinction-and-the-beginning-of-our-world/comment-page-1/#comment-49310Wed, 15 Jun 2022 14:34:37 +0000/?p=17668#comment-49310[…] More here. […]

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