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Film / 2011
Extinct: A Horizon Guide to Dinosaurs
Directed by
Penny Palmer
Dallas Campbell delves in to the Horizon archive to discover how our ideas about dinosaurs have changed over the past 40 years. From realising that lumbering swamp dwellers were really agile warm blooded killers, astonishing new finds, controversial theories and breakthrough technology have enabled scientists to rethink how they lived and solve the mystery of their disappearance. And they can even reveal whether dinosaurs might still be with us today.
The story
Dallas Campbell delves in to the Horizon archive to discover how our ideas about dinosaurs have changed over the past 40 years. From realising that lumbering swamp dwellers were really agile warm blooded killers, astonishing new finds, controversial theories and breakthrough technology have enabled scientists to rethink how they lived and solve the mystery of their disappearance. And they can even reveal whether dinosaurs might still be with us today.
Cast
Dallas CampbellHimself - Presenter
Robert McNeill AlexanderHimself - Leeds University (archive footage)
Luiz AlvarezHimself - University of California (archive footage)
David ArchibaldHimself - San Diego State University (archive footage) (as Prof David Archibald)
Claire BelcherHerself - Royal Holloway, University of London (archive footage)
Brent BreithauptHimself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)
Chris BrochuHimself - University of Iowa (archive footage)
Julia ClarkeHerself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)
Philip CurrieHimself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)
Kristi Curry RogersHerself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)
Cesare EmilianiHimself - Professor of Geology, University of Miami (archive footage)
Gregory EricksonHimself - Florida State University (archive footage)
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Alan FeducciaHimself - University of California (archive footage)
Alan HildebrandHimself - Geological Survey of Canada (archive footage)
Florence McGovernHerself - Fossil Dealer (archive footage)
Angela MilnerHerself - Natural History Museum (archive footage)
Simon Conway MorrisHimself - Evolutionary Palaeobiologist (archive footage)
John OstromHimself - Yale University (archive footage)
Tim RoweHimself - University of Texas (archive footage)
Dale A. RussellHimself - Paleobiologist, National Museums of Canada (archive footage)
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