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Book review: John Conway's A History of Painting (with Dinosaurs)

It's Christmas time, which means it's time for a festive book review! This year's subject: John Conway's A History of Painting (with Dinosaurs).It was ten years ago that palaeoartist John Conway, along...

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Can studies of living animal colour constrain the colours of dinosaurs? A...

Mighty Tarbosaurus bataar carries its Therizinosaurus cheloniformis prey through a Masstrichtian forest in the rain. Colour-wise, I've decided that a ruddy-orange dorsum, light venter, disruptive black...

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Horned dinosaurs vs. theropods: how much did horns matter?

The hero of the hour, Triceratops horridus. But how often were those long horns stuck into predatory dinosaurs in defensive action? I feel a long discussion coming on...A persistent idea around...

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New paper: Fresh evidence and novel analyses strongly suggest that theropod...

A juvenile Edmontosaurus disappears into the enormous, lipped and gummy mouth of Tyrannosaurus. Those of us in the palaeoart community are used to seeing lips on dinosaurs now, but neither the lipped...

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Book review: Prehistoric World of Zdeněk Burian, Volume 1: From the Creation...

Finally: a modern book devoted to everyone's favourite mid-20th Century Czech palaeoartist, Zdeněk Burian. It's big, it's expensive, and it's amazing. For palaeoart fans, it's an essential purchase.As...

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