Dinosaurs are unique in the history of life. They evolved more than 200 million years ago, inhabited every continent, and are still around today. This course provides an overview of the world of dinosaurs, from the earliest small dinosaurs to titanosaurs and T. rex to modern birds, and investigates some of the most fascinating questions in dinosaur paleontology: How did dinosaurs get so big? What were they like when they were alive? Why did they suddenly go extinct? Drawing on the Museum’s long-standing leadership in the field, including the world's largest collection of vertebrate fossils, renowned paleontologists Mark Norell and Diego Pol, joined by colleagues from around the world, explain how modern discoveries are made. Through videos and essays, this course takes learners into the field, where fossils are discovered and excavated, and then back to the lab where paleontologists use new technologies and methods to infer how these animals lived. Learners will do their own investigations using real specimens to gain first-hand knowledge of how paleontologists continue to make new discoveries about ancient creatures.
really good subjects and explains content very well
Thoroughly enjoyed this course but bit confused as to why only one question for 5 out of the 6 assessments?
adequate level of actual science to be educational
I really enjoyed this course, it's well structured
As a graduate of Biology/Geology 51 years ago, this was an amazing course in "catching up" with a subject I love.
Great course and very up-to-date. There is a lot of material on birds (which is great) and thus makes this course also very interesting to people interested in birds and their evolution through time.
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This course was an excellent learing experience. It ranks the best among over ten other related courses that I have completed. It is content rich and contains the latest paleobiology research. The essays are very well written and supplemented with well produced short videos. I found the AI driven Q&A practice feature an innovative learning tool. Thank you AMNH for an excellent course.
A well structured and fascinating course. I found all of the content both interesting and easy to digest. My only complaint is that only the first module allowed me test myself with the full set of questions, all of the other graded sections were only one question long.
Just a great course to be honest with you, never stop loving dinosaurs and to have such an informative course add to my info about them is great ! videos help break up the reading and other parts, wish it was longer.
Excellent introduction to the basic science behind dinosaurs and their extinction. Unfortunately I had technical issues with the quizzes on iOS, meaning my quizzes were one question each and too easy to 100%
Great course and very up-to-date. There is a lot of material on birds (which is great) and thus makes this course also very interesting to people interested in birds and their evolution through time.
Un curso excepcional donde he aprendido muchisimas cosas sobre el mundo de los dinosaurios y me ha abierto los ojos a una nueva comprensión sobre su ecología, hábitos y desaparición.
As a graduate of Biology/Geology 51 years ago, this was an amazing course in "catching up" with a subject I love.
Thoroughly enjoyed this course but bit confused as to why only one question for 5 out of the 6 assessments?
really good subjects and explains content very well
adequate level of actual science to be educational
I really enjoyed this course, it's well structured
Très bien fait , je suis doctorant en géologie
excellent course, very clear and informative.
Bastante completo y entretenido.
I really like this course
that was good experience
Muy motiva te y erudito
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very good
This is a very interesting introduction into the history of Dinosaurs. The lessons are diverse in setup and have a clear structure. The people presenting are enthusiastic and are able to transfer their enthusiasme to the student.