Comments on: Book review – Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils

By: Book review – The Future of Dinosaurs: What We Don’t Know, What We Can, and What We’ll Never Know | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:51:55 +0000

[…] For example, the colour of dinosaurs was considered unanswerable until recently. The discovery of ancient biomolecules such as melanosomes changed that somewhat, as their shape corresponds to colour. “It is as if […]

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By: Book review – A History of Dinosaurs in 50 Fossils | The Inquisitive Biologist

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:24:09 +0000

[…] microscopic examination of fossilised melanosomes has given us clues and is but one example of what the study of ancient biomolecules is revealing. Similarly, we used to think dinosaurs grew slowly, taking many decades to attain their sometimes […]

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By: Book review – The Biology of Death: How Dying Shapes Cells, Organisms, & Populations | The Inquisitive Biologist

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:37:53 +0000

[…] have revived bacteria recovered from 250 million-year-old salt deposits. However, as discussed in Remnants of Ancient Life, this study was challenged on several grounds and it seems likely these bacteria instead resulted […]

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By: Book review – Dinosaur Behavior: An Illustrated Guide | The Inquisitive Biologist

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:50:38 +0000

[…] species were endotherms (“warm-blooded”, i.e. generating their own body heat). Or take the microscopic study of melanosomes (pigment-containing organelles) in fossil feathers to determine colour in life. A final example is […]

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By: Book review – Ancient DNA: The Making of a Celebrity Science | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:49:58 +0000

[…] to reveal more about extinct organisms. In this two-parter, I will review Greenwalt’s Remnants of Ancient Life but I am beginning with Ancient DNA by science historian Elizabeth Jones. Join me for a truly […]

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