{"id":169,"date":"2011-06-30T19:00:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T19:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/science-london.com\/home\/?p=169"},"modified":"2011-11-25T10:26:03","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T10:26:03","slug":"being-a-dinosaur-hunter-discoveries-and-new-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/science-london.com\/home\/2011\/06\/30\/being-a-dinosaur-hunter-discoveries-and-new-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a Dinosaur Hunter: discoveries and new science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Despite having been extinct for 65 million years, dinosaurs continue to fascinate children, adults and scientists. It’s easy to see their appeal: they are an incredibly diverse group of animals, with fascinating body plans that are hard to imagine in a human dominated world. Even after 200 years of dinosaur research, new species are constantly being discovered, and we still have much to learn about their lifestyles and evolutionary history.<\/p>\n

Michael Pittman, who has recently completed a PhD at Unversity College London, is about to embark on a research trip to the Gobi desert, in search of new specimens which will help to unravel the mysteries which still surround dinosaur evolution. He will explain how dinosaur hunting expeditions are organised, and how specimens are found and extracted, using examples from previous successful trips. He will also present some of the discoveries he and his colleagues have made so far, and how this has informed research into the origins and evolution of dinosaurs.<\/td>\n

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\nLinhenykus monodactylus, the most recent dinosaur discovered by Dr Pittman.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Date:<\/strong> Thursday 30th June 2011
\nTime:<\/strong> 7pm
\nPlace:<\/strong> Red Herring<\/a>, 49 Gresham St, EC2V 7EH [gmap<\/a>]
\nCost:<\/strong> Free!<\/p>\n

Photos of the event can be seen here<\/a> on Flickr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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