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19 quotes by Robert T. Bakker

Robert Thomas Bakker (born March 24, 1945) is an American paleontologist who helped reshape modern theories about dinosaurs, particularly by adding support to the theory that some dinosaurs were endothermic (warm-blooded). Along with his mentor John Ostrom, Bakker was responsible for initiating the ongoing "dinosaur renaissance" in paleontological studies, beginning with Bakker's article "Dinosaur Renaissance" in the April 1975 issue of...
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Feathers predate birds.

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It was not an asteroid or comet, because it would have killed everything.

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Also, while I was at Yale, I had a job teaching kids at the museum.

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Birds evolved from a small raptor like theropod.

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Since then I have held many jobs at museums in Colorado and Wyoming. I have also taught summer courses at the University of Colorado.

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One researcher just determined that African and Indian elephants make each other sick. When a new animal or plant is introduced to a habitat bad... →

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When looking at the evidence of feeding on large prey, you can see every size tooth from hatchling to adult in one spot. The babies may have been fed... →

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Land bridges were everywhere during the extinction, many species were spreading, and there were many diseases.

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Stegosaurus was common only on well drained, dry soil.

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To me it seems that the warm blooded dinosaurs replaced advanced mammal ancestors that were warm blooded, also.

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As an undergraduate I held many small jobs as an illustrator.

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At Harvard I was in charge of the comparative anatomy labs.

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I also discovered the only complete Brontosaurus skull.

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