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So tired of this meme, especially in a science themed sub. It’s just wrong and thusly promotes disinformation because it takes seconds to read a meme like this and move on without question. Meanwhile it takes (comparitavely) ages to actually research how fossils are reconstructed. If people even think to research it in the first place, because, hey, it’s in a science-based sub, right??

Remember kids, the best memes are those based on truth 😎

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Anomalocaris@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
ok, but can we make fun of old “skin wrapping” reconstructions?

because for most people, Jurassic park are still their standard version of dinosaur reconstitution.

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- iheartneopets@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Right, and that’s why most people would believe this meme and take it as 100% truthful. The meme doesn’t specify that that’s the way we USED to do it, it says that’s how it would be done
  
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- whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  so, what is the other reconstitution?
  
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  - Lazhward@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Prehistoric Planet, I say as an amateur. But from what little I read about it it’s pretty alright apparently, and most of the ‘wrong/we’re not sure about this bit’ things are listed on the wiki afaik.
    
    Of course there’s much more scientific depth possible than a TV show, but it’s a start towards recreating the common notion of what dinosaurs may have looked like.
    
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  - Anomalocaris@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    feathers, more chonky, appropriate colours…
    
    not just reptile dragon monsters
    
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    Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Feathers and colours? Dinosaurs must have looked absolutely FABULOUS!
    
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TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
are they actually just lizards?

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- iheartneopets@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  How do you mean? Dinosaurs? They were warmblooded, so no, not just lizards. Usually in the rock around the fossilized bones are imprints of other features of the animal, like skin texture or the presence of feathers.
  
  We can also tell a lot from the points where muscles attach to the bones.
  
  That’s not even accounting for the behavior we can interpret based on fossilized footprints! We’re actually learning that T-Rex were pretty good parents for instance.
  
  It’s a very complex field, and it’s amazing how much we can learn from so few clues.
  
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