But, Ostrom supported his claims with evidence, and the skeptics soon fell into line. At first, the critics were highly skeptical. He has earned a reputation as a one of dinosaurology's loudest spokesmen-a paleo preacher always looking for converts to the exciting world of prehistoric life.Īt Yale, Ostrom, with student Bakker at his side, first proffered the theory that dinosaurs were not cold-blooded brutes, but warm-blooded, highly adapted, highly intelligent, and highly social creatures. Since then, Bakker has taught and conducted research a Johns Hopkins University, as well as the universities of Colorado and Wyoming. Bakker was destined to become a dinosaur hunter.īakker studied paleontology under the renowned paleontologist John Ostrom at Yale University and later earned a Ph.D. The article and its dramatic illustrations captivated that ten-year-old’s fascination, and since that day Robert T. In 1955, a lowly fourth grader read a magazine article on the mysterious beasts called dinosaurs.
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