The Rise of the Dinosaurs
The Ancients
History Hit
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Dinosaurs! Spectacular resilient beings who were able to adapt and survive the most terrifying of events. Evolving from a group of mostly humble-sized creatures, into the most enormous beasts that ever existed on land. But how did the first true dinosaurs emerge? In this episode, Tristan is joined by Professor Stephen L. Brusatte. Stephen is a Palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist who specialises in the anatomy and evolution of dinosaurs. He takes us through not just the evolution of dinosaurs, but the development of the new world and ecosystems that allowed them to thrive. What can we learn from the magnificent creatures who ruled the earth before us?
Stephen L. Brusatte is the author of 'The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World', published by Picador.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Engines on History Hit. |
| 0:11.6 | I'm Tristan Hughes, your host. |
| 0:13.8 | And in today's podcast where we're going back again, we're going way back into history |
| 0:17.9 | into prehistory, into before modern humans, who are sapiens because we're talking about |
| 0:23.1 | the dinosaurs. |
| 0:26.0 | There's just something about dinosaurs which fascinates everyone, myself included. |
| 0:30.8 | I don't know about you, but I remember watching many many years ago now. |
| 0:35.0 | On the BBC there was a famous mini series called Walking with Dinosaurs. |
| 0:38.9 | That really got me so interested in dinosaurs back then. |
| 0:42.9 | In particular the first episode, all about the Triassic. |
| 0:46.0 | When dinosaurs weren't dominant, there were other creatures which really came to the |
| 0:49.8 | fore including these giant crocodile-like creatures that were dominant on land such as |
| 0:56.0 | the famous Poster Sookas. |
| 0:58.2 | Now I mention all of this about the Triassic because that's the topic of today's podcast. |
| 1:02.0 | We're talking about the rise of the dinosaurs, the dawn of the dinosaurs. |
| 1:05.8 | So we're going to be focusing in on what we know about dinosaurs during this earlier period, |
| 1:09.9 | during the Triassic period. |
| 1:12.0 | And with me to discuss all of this, I was delighted to get on the podcast Dr. Steve Prasati |
| 1:17.7 | from the University of Edinburgh, good old Edinburgh, my old University grounds. |
| 1:23.0 | Now Steve, he is Mr. Dinosaurs Man, he is a leading paleontologist, he's a great speaker. |
| 1:28.6 | It was wonderful to get on the podcast to talk about the rise of the dinosaurs. |
| 1:32.2 | If you like this content then don't worry, we've got more dinosaur content coming your |
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