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How They Build Up a Prehistoric Animal from a Few Bones
1. What was wrong with our first idea about the Neanderthal man?
2. What types of animals have been found frozen and intact?
3. What problems were encountered when trying to piece together the iguanodon?
4. Why was the animal named iguanodon?
5. What was mistaken as the iguanodon horn?
6. If bones are missing, what can they be made out of so that the “whole picture” can be seen?
7. What is the key to successful reconstruction of an animal?
8. What color do you think the dinosaur’s skin was? Why?
9. Do you think it is important for us to learn about what things used to be like long ago? Why or why not?
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