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RE: BBC Planet Dinosaur
- To: <christian@darkin.demon.co.uk>, <VRTPALEO@usc.edu>, <dinosaur@usc.edu>
- Subject: RE: BBC Planet Dinosaur
- From: "Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:44:27 -0400
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> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu]
> On Behalf Of darkin
>
> hi
> I'm a bit suprised not to have heard more about the BBCs
> Planet Dinosaur on the list. There have been a lot of
> complaints about the way that paleontology is covered in the
> media - particularly TV documnentaries - and it seems to me
> that this series adresses those complaints very well. They
> seem pretty careful to make sure the narration is clear about
> what's supported and what isn't, and every event seems to be
> backed up by a fossil example.
It has not yet aired in the US, so the majority of the list has yet to see it.
It is most certainly being discussed in
dinosaur/paleo-related blogs.
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Email: tholtz@umd.edu Phone: 301-405-4084
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Senior Lecturer, Vertebrate Paleontology
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