Dinosaurs! Prehistoric monsters from earth's
distant past. Most of us grew up with images
of these creatures from films and television.
Whether exciting us as children, or terrifying
us as teens. But what the movies show isn't
always what the science says. And in order
to understand how dinosaurs really lived,
we need to step beyond the screen and into
the rocks that hold the secrets of our planet's
history.
I'm Dr. Joe Peterson, a vertebrate paleontologist
in the Department of Geology at the University
of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Along with my colleagues
and students, we study how dinosaurs grew,
ate, and evolved. But much of this research
begins with rocks. Because by understanding
the rocks, we can understand the world in
which the dinosaurs once thrived. So come
along with me as we take a trip back to the
Mesozoic era and uncover the secrets of Dinosaurs
and the Age of Reptiles.
