Bringing dinosaurs back to life – with fossil footprints | Martin Lockley | TEDxMileHigh

Dinosaur tracks can teach us more about the day-to-day behavior of creatures like T. Rex or the Stegosaurus than their skeletons ever could, says paleontologist Martin Lockley. From a "dinosaur's lover's lane" in Colorado, where the ancestors of today's birds clawed out giant nests to attract mates, to the rocky shores of South Korea, where scientists have discovered footprints of tiny birds besides tracks of 100-ft-long brontosaurs, Lockley interprets the traces of some of the most impressive creatures ever to walk the earth.

Paleontologist Martin G. Lockley is best known for his work on fossil footprints. He grew up on a nature reserve in Wales. After getting a BSc, a Ph.D., and a post-doc in Geology, he moved to the U.S. in 1980. For 30 years, Martin was a professor at the University of Colorado, Denver. He’s the former director of the UC Denver Dinosaur Tracks Museum and current associate curator at the University of Colorado Museum and the Museum of Western Colorado. He has published 1000+ papers, books, book reviews, reports, and abstracts on paleontology, geology, and evolution. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx