Obscure Dinosaur Facts

Last post, I ran out of steam after describing only two of the five species in my book: Homo naledi, or “treefolk” and Homo erectus, or “firstfolk”.

I recently wrote another novel (again, not yet published - I’m working on that) that takes place in the Middle Stone Age of Ethiopia, 240,000 years ago (coincident with the Middle Paleolithic in Europe).

It’s been awhile since my last post - a lot of life has happened in the interim, namely having a baby.

“Dino Days” is a temporary exhibit of mechatronic dinosaurs in the courtyards of the Cal Academy of Sciences that I’d been putting off going to for quite awhile, even though it’s right in my backyard in SF.

I was recently contacted by someone from Smithsonian Books to see if I’d be interested in doing a review of a book that’s coming out soon, Dinosaurus by Rhys Charles.

The other thing besides birding that I always make sure to do when I travel is to hit up the local natural history museum.

I recently went to France for the first time.

As a final installment in my comprehensive prehistoric world maps, I present the world of the end-Permian, right before the most terrible extinction the world has ever seen.

The last time I discussed pregnancy on the blog, I focused almost entirely on various strange phenomena that occur in non-human animals who give live birth.

I’d been avoiding reading Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens for many years, ever since it appeared on the shelves of every bookstore.