In our latest piece of bonus content, showrunner Pete Musto sits down with University of Edinburgh paleontology professer Dr. Steve Brusatte to talk about the joy of finding fossils, why people are fascinated by dinosaurs, and the problematic legacy of the Great Bone Wars.

Dr. Steve Brusatte has worked as a researcher at the Division of Paleontology of the American Museum of Natural History, acted as scientific consultant for the BBC Earth and 20th Century Fox's 2013 film Walking With Dinosaurs, and discovered more than a dozen new species of vertebrate fossils. He also the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books on dinosaurs and paleontology, including Dinosaurs (2008), Field Guide to Dinosaurs (2009), Dinosaur Paleobiology (2012), The Age of Dinosaurs: The Rise and Fall of the World’s Most Remarkable Animals.

Grab a copy of his latest book "The Rise and Fall of Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us."

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