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Brian Switek
Brian Switek is the author of My Beloved Brontosaurus and Written in Stone. He blogs about prehistoric wonders at Smithsonian's Dinosaur Tracking and Wired Science's Laelaps.
Articles By Brian Switek
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What Happened to My Brontosaurus?
The scaly, dimwitted monsters of our childhood have been killed off by fluffy, feathered, sprightly dinosaurs.
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The Most Ridiculous Scene in Jurassic Park
It’s not the “bringing dinosaurs back to life” bit that makes paleontologists snort.
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Did We Doom the Mammoths?
The end times of saber-toothed cats, giant wombats, and carnivorous koalas.
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What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?
“An asteroid 65 million years ago” is no longer enough.
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The Million-Dollar Dinosaur Scandal
Meet the crooks, smugglers, and counterfeiters who run the most brazen fossil scams.
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Why Are Bigfoot Rumors So Persistent?
Inside the search for North American’s supposed Sasquatch man-ape.
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Enjoy a Delicious Dinosaur on Thanksgiving
What, beside humans, ate dinosaurs? Sharks!
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Feathered Dinosaurs Drive Creationists Crazy
Biblical literalists are on a campaign to “take dinosaurs back.”
