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Walking With Dinosaurs

A The tools that Peter L. Falkingham and his colleagues at Manchester University are making will likely change the way we think about how dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals behaved.

The media occasionally portrays paleontologists or those who research prehistoric life, as meticulously clearing stones from around a large dinosaur bone while they camp in the desert. Peter Falkingham hasn't exactly been doing that lately, which is the problem. Instead, he stares at a screen nonstop throughout the day. Not because he's busy, but rather because he works in the relatively new field of computational paleontology. Few people may be aware that when a skeleton or new species is discovered, research truly begins.

B The surviving bones of a complete dinosaur skeleton may teach scientists a great deal about the animal, but they do not offer the full image, which a computer can attempt to complete. A scanned skeleton and known muscle locations are provided to the computer model. The model then randomly activates the muscles.

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Peter Falkingham does very little fieldwork related to his studies of the ancient era at this point.

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Sellers' and Manning's computerized dinosaur model often requires many tries before it can stand on its hind legs.

When applied to persons, the Sellers and Manning computer model represented them moving faster than their bodies could.

Concerns have been raised by a few paleontologists regarding the Manchester team's findings on dinosaur mobility.

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The science of flight

Birds have evolved remarkable adaptations for flight. Lightweight bones reduce body weight, while efficient lungs supply the oxygen their muscles need.

Specially shaped feathers help reduce drag, allowing birds to move smoothly through the air.

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