![]() What this does for me-why I was wanting it on reading many similar works of popular paleontology-is to put descriptions of particular past organisms into perspective by making them related to whole ecosystems. (The author is also charming in YouTube video s connected to the book that discuss the portrayal of past animals in Hollywood films-he’s got a future as a public scholar, without a doubt.) ![]() Tonally, this was much more to my liking than Brusatte’s book. ![]() There’s the occasional drop into discussing controversies and disagreements within scientific communities over how particular past ecosystems worked. It’s written in the present tense in each chapter on a past environmental/ecosystem framework. I really like the way the book is written-it feels like a combination of accessible scientific writing, travelogue and David Attenborough narration. ![]()
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