How life on earth rebuilt itself after the dinosaurs | Steve Brusatte

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For 150 million years, mammals lived underfoot in a world the dinosaurs ran, and none grew larger than a house cat. Then an asteroid cleared the field, and made way for the age of mammals.

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About Steve Brusatte:

Steve Brusatte is a paleontologist who hunts and writes about dinosaurs. He is on the faculty of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, but grew up in the Midwestern USA. Steve has traveled around the world digging up dinosaurs and, working with many international colleagues, has named more than 15 new species, including the tyrannosaur 'Pinocchio rex' (Qianzhousaurus) and the raptor Zhenyuanlong.