![]() ![]() ![]() Almost all modern animals that walk upright are warm-blooded, and dinosaurs walked upright.In his 1986 work The Dinosaur Heresies, Bakker puts forth the theory that dinosaurs were warm-blooded. Mounted Gorgosaurus skeleton with several bone injuries, from the "Dinosaur Mummy: CSI" exhibit at the HMNS, Bakker on the right ![]() Bakker currently serves as the Curator of Paleontology for the Houston Museum of Natural Science. ![]() He also observed evidence in support of Eldredge and Gould's theory of punctuated equilibrium in dinosaur populations. He revealed the first evidence of parental care at nesting sites for Allosaurus. His seminal work, The Dinosaur Heresies, was published in 1986. He published his first paper on dinosaur endothermy in 1968. His specialty is the ecological context and behavior of dinosaurs.īakker has been a major proponent of the theory that dinosaurs were warm-blooded, smart, fast, and adaptable. Along with his mentor John Ostrom, Bakker was responsible for initiating the ongoing " dinosaur renaissance" in paleontological studies, beginning with Bakker's article "Dinosaur Renaissance" in the April 1975 issue of Scientific American. Robert Thomas Bakker (born March 24, 1945) is an American paleontologist who helped reshape modern theories about dinosaurs, particularly by adding support to the theory that some dinosaurs were endothermic (warm-blooded). ![]()
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