How do we know what dinosaurs looked like if no one has ever seen them? From the slow, clumsy creatures of the past, they are now thought to be active, often feathered animals, capable of complex behaviors. How are hypotheses formulated, how are evidence interpreted, and why can every fossil discovery overturn what we thought we knew? Emanuele Cirani and Isacco Alberti (Dinosaurs. Science Through Time, Camelozampa) open a window on the way science looks at the past: not a fixed gaze, but one in constant motion, changing with each new discovery.
How do we know what dinosaurs looked like if no one has ever seen them? From the slow, clumsy creatures of the past, they are now thought to be active, often feathered animals, capable of complex behaviors. How are hypotheses formulated, how are evidence interpreted, and why can every fossil discovery overturn what we thought we knew? Emanuele Cirani and Isacco Alberti (Dinosaurs. Science Through Time, Camelozampa) open a window on the way science looks at the past: not a fixed gaze, but one in constant motion, changing with each new discovery.