Lost Worlds are Lost

So long, and thanks for all the hitsSince2012 I have been writing for the Guardian on these pages and the forerunner of LWR, theLost Worlds blog. It ’s (generally) been a pleasure and privilege to help cover new and exciting discoveries likegiant sauropods andfighting thick-headed dinosaurs, and especially new taxa includingRegaliceratops andNyasasaurus. In addition, it has given me a platform to talk about important issues inscience communication and education (like myT. rex documentary andcreationists being, shock, wrong) and other aspects of palaeontology and the biological sciences including thepredictive power of evolution and why I thinkzoos are good. All that and why the Game of Thrones dragonswouldn ’t be able to fly - what more could you ask for?It has led to much discussion among scientists, generated huge numbers of comments and ideas and, I hope, generally given people access to ideas and details not normally coming through from more traditional journalistic reports on extinct species and the work of palaeontologists. Sadly, though, the Guardian is closing down the science blogs section of their site and so both Lost Worlds and Lost Worlds Revisited will be no more. It is not the end of my contributions though.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Dinosaurs Evolution Biology Fossils Science Zoology Source Type: news