Message from a Dinosaur

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Year Published: 1965

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Films.

Color: color

Description: Shows how paleontologists reconstruct life of the past from fossil remains and how new forms of life evolved from environmental changes. Explains that organisms unable to adapt to changing conditions do not survive.

Complete Record: With scenes taken in a dinosaur quarry and bone preparation laboratory, this film demonstrates how scientists interpret the "messages" contained in rocks and fossils about past environments and types of life. Produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films in association with Educational Adviser, George I. Schwartz Fellow, New York Academy of Sciences

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)