Dinosaur Bone Clues To The Past

Dinosaur bones give us clues about how dinosaurs moved, how they behaved, and what they looked like. These dinosaur fossils while impressive in their size help us understand the past, the process of evolution, and the biology of these magnificent creatures. The skulls give us information on brain size, and how well-developed their senses were. Did they rely on sight, smell, or hearing, possibly all of the above. So the size of the brain case tells us how smart these animals were. The size of the openings for the nostrils, eyes and ears tell us about how important these senses were and we can also tell how big the nerves that carried information to the brain from these organs were. Humans have 206 bones in their body, and usually our bones stay pretty much intact when we die. Imagine though, if they didn't. Finding and identifying dinosaur bones is more involved. Dinosaurs lived all over this planet. as they died, their bones were usually scattered about by carnivores and scavenge...