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Discover the wacky and wonderful creatures that are part of our own family history. Author Steve Brusatte shares fascinating insights into the evolution of mammals and their coexistence with dinosaurs.
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00:00And also thanks again for, you know, helping to promote the book.
00:03And I'll say again, The Rise and Rain of the Mammals is out today behind me, all about
00:07the animals that took over from the dinosaurs.
00:10And really, this is our history.
00:12These are our cousins.
00:13And there we got some of them on screen.
00:15You know, these are some of the wacky creatures that have lived in the past, that they're
00:18not dinosaurs.
00:20This is us.
00:21This is our family.
00:22So I tell that story in the book.
00:24But for dinosaur fans, there's quite a lot of dinosaur content in the book, too, because
00:29I got to talk about the 150 million years mammals and dinosaurs had to coexist side by side,
00:33which is a cool story.
00:34Anyway, I won't market the book too much.
00:38I'm trying to do our reviews on live science.
00:42So our readers can check it out.
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