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A Diary: Sharing the MUJA and Hatching the Past experience.

Posted on 05/07/2013 by luisvrey

Looks like paradise isn’t it?  Well it seems that every picture I took in Asturias  could be made a tourist postcard!Now imagine that in the middle of all this beauty,  you, an obvious palaeontolgy buff  had the opportunity to visit … Continue reading →

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“Hatching The Past” goes to Asturias, Spain!

Posted on 10/06/2013 by luisvrey

… and get the “Bringing Dinosaurs Back To Life” treatment… well this had to happen before any “eggs and babies“…! Yes. I have been invited to give my usual talk at the famous Museo del Jurásico . “Reviviendo Dinosaurios”  this time! We … Continue reading →

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Heterodontosaurs now and then…

Posted on 30/05/2013 by luisvrey

This is part of an ambitious future project  with John Hutchinson that might develop in something really interesting. I showed this illustration to someone that replied “what is that weird squirrel?!”. Now, you must agree that at the level of … Continue reading →

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What might have been the “Extinction” event at the Natural History Museum…

Posted on 14/05/2013 by luisvrey

Just imagine how this multiple banner would have looked at the entrance of the Natural History Museum in London! (This is only the draft by the way). Alas… it was never going to be. Late last year I received an … Continue reading →

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The John R. Hutchinson Team does it again… in NATURE.

Posted on 24/04/2013 by luisvrey

Embargo lifted and here we are…Kudos to John R. Hutchinson! He has made it once again and this time in the prestigious science magazine  NATURE. Hutchinson is not only a man of science, but also a man with imagination and sense of … Continue reading →

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Bristol’s best kept “secret”…!

Posted on 11/04/2013 by luisvrey

  You won’t see many prehistoric mammals in this blog… but after last year’s visit to Bristol University I couldn’t resist to take a few pictures and do a restoration of a fantastic Smilodon skeleton mount they (inexplicably, it should … Continue reading →

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Hatching The Past (part 2): Interactive with kids!

Posted on 06/03/2013 by luisvrey

You may have to agree… oviraptorids never looked like this before! I think Hatching The Past is a truly bold, didactic attempt to create a vibrant theatrical scenario for kids like I think no one has done before. The costumes, … Continue reading →

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Finally! The Murals in Situ.

Posted on 02/03/2013 by luisvrey

Finally the day has come: here are some (updated and upgraded) pictures of the opening of the now famous Stone & Company Hatching The Past exhibition (coming soon to a town near you).  The murals are 3 meters high, so you can have … Continue reading →

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Cannibal Daspletosaurus?

Posted on 15/02/2013 by luisvrey

This is my contribution to Dave Hone‘s new project. He is trying to gather funds for  research into a very well preserved Daspletosaurus skull that once again gives evidence that tyrannosaurs were cannibals or at least had fierce  battles between … Continue reading →

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It’s official… The *New* Big Golden Book of Dinosaurs is advertised at Amazon!

Posted on 21/01/2013 by luisvrey

Sixty years ago children and dinosaur fans in general marvelled at the great illustrations of Rudolph Zallinger (both at the Yale Museum famous mural and at children books like Dinosaurs And Other Prehistoric Reptiles)… Artistically his stylish artwork remain a landmark, … Continue reading →

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