Dinosaur behaviour: all about the evolution, psychology and extinction of these special creatures – The News of West Flanders

‘Dino Behavior’ is a wonderful illustrated guide to these amazing creatures by a world-renowned paleontologist. Paleobiology has grown from a speculative field to an advanced science. Research on fossils in particular has improved significantly in recent years. This makes it clearer how dinosaurs lived. This illustrated guide explores the behaviour, evolution, physiology and extinction of dinosaurs, taking readers into the mysterious world of these memorable animals. With illustrations created especially for this book by Bob Nicholls, Dino Behavior explains how the dinosaurs mated, how they fought, what they ate, how they moved , how they interacted with each other and much more.

• It has a wealth of amazing pictures
• Provides new insights into the prehistoric world inhabited by dinosaurs
• Shedding light on what dinosaurs looked like, how they moved, and how fast they ran
• Explain how carnivores, herbivores, scavengers and hunters only eat
• Discusses vision, hearing, spatial orientation and perception
• Brings to life the social behavior of dinosaurs, from mating and parental care to group dynamics and migration
• Takes the reader behind the scenes of the latest and most exciting discoveries

Michael J. Benton is Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology at the University of Bristol and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He previously published Dinosaurs – What They Really Looked Like. His previous books include Dinosaurs Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology and When Life Nearly Dieed: The Greatest Extinction of All Time.
Bob Nicholls is a renowned paleo-expert and his work is exhibited in museums and universities around the world. His art has appeared in several books, including Dinosaur Art and The Complete Dinosaur.

Hardcover, Nederlands, Noordboek Publisher, 224 pages