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2. Had A Great Paleantologist
Fri Mar 17, 2023, 03:24 AM
Mar 2023

teach me a freshman level geosciences course in college. He's specialty wasn't dinosaurs so he had to retrain himself in geochemistry to get a teaching position where he could support himself. Anyway, his pet peeve about any artist reconstructing ancient animal life was how they always had their subjects in some dramatic pose. Usually red skies with volcanos going off in the background. Over the years I've always got a chuckle when I've looked at artist's rendition of long ago scenes. In truth, except from the vegetation and such being different, most of these animals dwelled in the same scenery as we do today.

Neat rendition, but I suspect 50 years from now the subject will be refined yet again. But you can count on red skies and volcanos being included in the background.

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