Jurassic Warnings: What Dinosaurs Knew About the End of the World
Summary
What can a 65-ton dinosaur teach us about the climate crisis and how we care for our health today? In this dynamic session, world-renowned paleontologist Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, who discovered Dreadnoughtus – one of the largest land animals to ever walk the Earth; and bestselling physician-scientist Dr. William Li, explore how the fossils hold urgent lessons for our future. From the extinction of giants like Dreadnoughtus to fossilized evidence of diseases like cancer, they reveal how Earth's deep past can help us understand modern threats to humans – and what we can do about them.
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Contributors
- William Li
- Kenneth Lacovara
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