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202247 minGdocumentary

evolution art-history

Dinosaurs: Piecing It All Together

202247 minGdocumentary

Artists and scientists collaborate to reconstruct the appearance and environment of dinosaurs, exploring methods of visualizing a long-extinct world.

evolution art-history

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Channel: NFB

Dinosaurs: Piecing It All Together

2022• 47 minG

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Artists and scientists collaborate to reconstruct the appearance and environment of dinosaurs, exploring methods of visualizing a long-extinct world.

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A film on the work of artists and scientists, how they go about reconstructing a world that has long since vanished; and, how they imagine what dinosaurs really looked like.

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