Introduction: The legacy of the dinosaurs

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  • Luis Alcalá Complutense University of Madrid (Spain).

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https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.14.26964

Abstract

«Children find them exciting» is an unoriginal comment that those involved in dinosaur research have often heard. Popular appreciation of these animals dates almost as far back as their scientific discovery in the mid-19th century, and for much of the time since then, dinosaurs have been popularly regarded as entertainment. In recent decades, however, society has become more aware of the geological and biological aspects, rather than the recreational ones. Why are there so many sites in certain regions and none in other nearby areas? Which were the largest, and why did they reach such gigantic proportions? How do we know what colour they were? We hear these questions every day in lecture halls full of people eager to learn more about the mysteries of palaeontology.

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Author Biography

Luis Alcalá, Complutense University of Madrid (Spain).

PhD in Geological Sciences (Palaeontology) from the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) and Managing Director of the Science Park Consortium (Granada). He was the Director of the Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis from 2002 to 2021. He was the principal investigator of five palaeontology projects of the Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation. He has collaborated with the General Directorate of Scientific and Technical Research of the State Secretariat for Research, Development and Innovation of the Spanish Government in the field of palaeontology and stratigraphy and with the National Research Agency. He has participated in the description of 34 new taxa of extinct vertebrates (including 15 dinosaurs). He has supervised five doctoral theses in palaeontology and numerous palaeontological activities in the province of Teruel and in Peninj (Tanzania). He is President of the Spanish Association of Museums and Science and Technology Centres and former President of the Spanish Society of Palaeontology.

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Published

2024-01-11

How to Cite

Alcalá, L. (2024). Introduction: The legacy of the dinosaurs. Metode Science Studies Journal, (14), 50–55. https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.14.26964
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Pieces of science (vol. 14, 2024)

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The legacy of the dinosaurs

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