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Dinosaurs

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Dinosaurs

Plus, the Spielberg face and 40s-era 'humor'

Adam Rowe
Apr 7, 2020
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Dinosaurs

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I’m still looking up retro dinosaur art, and researching the history of pop culture’s relationship with them in the process. Turns out there was a “dinosaur renaissance” in the late 60s, when scientists realized that at least some were fast, warm-blooded and similar to birds.

Up until then, dinosaurs had a reputation as lumbering and kinda dumb, since th…

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