Jurassic

The evolution of birds is thought to have begun in the Jurassic Period, with the earliest birds derived from theropod dinosaurs. Birds are categorized as a biological class, Aves. The earliest known species of class Aves is Archaeopteryx lithographica, ...

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... first primitive ave around the same time. Specially considering there's fossil record of already very sophisticated feathers around 200mya (pre-jurassic = very early mesozoic = boring paradigm, lol).

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I hate to sound apocalyptic, but if you've ever read Jurassic Park , it's a good theoretical example of something that we think we can control suddenly becoming very dangerous. Life is the most powerful force this planet has ever known and I don't ...

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... CO2-climate link. Tarner, L. H., J. F. Hubert, B. P. Coffey, and D. P. McInerney. "Stability of Atmospheric CO2 Levels across the Triassic/Jurassic Boundary." Nature 411 (2001): 675-677. Paleosol δ13C data across Triassic/Jurassic boundary (208 Ma) suggests only small CO2 increase ...

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... because of poor lab skills and subsequent contamination (the dino DNA was actually some Drosophila DNA if I remember). Actually the entire Jurassic Park trilogy is quite interesting - Velociraptor for example is actually only about turkey sized, the result of taxonomic changes post-film ...

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