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#480 – Dave Hone: T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park

9/4/20253 hr 42 min

Dave Hone is a paleontologist, expert on dinosaurs, co-host of the Terrible Lizards podcast, and author of numerous scientific papers and books on the behavior and ecology of dinosaurs. He lectures at Queen Mary University of London on topics of Ecology, Zoology, Biology, and Evolution. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep480-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc.

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EPISODE LINKS: Dave's Website: https://www.davehone.co.uk/ Dave's Books: https://amzn.to/4pbk828 Terrible Lizards Podcast: https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/ Dave's Blog: https://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/ Dave's Academic Website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/davidhone.html

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OUTLINE: (00:00) - Introduction (00:22) - Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections (07:18) - T-Rex's size & biomechanics (31:00) - T-Rex's hunting strategies (44:07) - History of dinosaurs on Earth (1:04:38) - $31.8 million T-Rex fossil (1:17:44) - T-Rex's skull and bone-crushing bite force (1:36:33) - What Jurassic Park got wrong (1:54:52) - Evolution and sexual selection (2:15:26) - Spinosaurus (2:26:02) - What Jurassic Park got right (2:33:35) - T-Rex's intelligence (2:43:34) - Cannibalism among T-Rex (2:49:05) - Extinction of the dinosaurs (3:06:15) - Dragons (3:22:39) - Birds are dinosaurs (3:33:23) - Future of paleontology

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Clips

T-Rex: Orca on Land
How to Survive T-Rex
T-Rex Only Power Walks
Birds Are Dinosaurs
Oreo Bite-Mark Evidence
Pack-Hunting Myth Debunked
Spinosaurus Can’t Swim?

Transcript preview

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  1. Lex Fridman· Host0:00

    The following is a conversation with Dave Hone, a paleontologist, expert on dinosaurs, co-host of the Terrible Lizards podcast, and author of many scientific papers and books on the behavior and ecology of dinosaurs. This was truly a fun and fascinating conversation. And now a quick few-second mention of each sponsor. Check them out in the description or at lexfriedman.com/sponsors. It's the best way to support this podcast. We got Lindy for AI agents, BetterHelp for mental health, Shopify for selling stuff online, LMNT for electrolytes, and AG1 for my daily multivitamin. Choose wisely, my friends. And now onto the full ad reads. They're all here in one place. I try to make them interesting, but if you must skip, please still check out the sponsors. I enjoy their stuff. Maybe you will too. To get in touch with me for whatever reason, go to lexfriedman.com/contact. All right, let's go. This episode is brought to you by Lindy, a platform that helps you build multiple AI agents in minutes. They have their new Lindy Build Tool, which basically goes from prompt to business. You type in the prompt, it generates the full stack, builds the backend database, builds the front end, all the UI components, sets up the staging,

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