Science of Camp Cretaceous and Why We Love Dinosaurs! | SDCC 2024

The Jurassic Park/World franchises have fascinated audiences and have inspired a whole generation of dinosaur lovers and paleontologists! In this panel, Gabriel-Philip Santos and Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, hosts of the hit PBS digital series, PBS Eons, and co-founders of Cosplay for Science invite a group of experts to break down the dino-DNA of the dinosaurs seen in the latest chapter of the Jurassic World franchise, Chaos Theory, and explore exactly what it is about these “terrible lizards” that continues to capture audiences of all ages!

Featuring:
- Michelle Barboza-Ramirez (PBS Eons, Cosplay for Science)
- Dr. Stuart Sumida (paleontologist, Camp Cretaceous technical consultant)
- Randy Flores (geochemist, UCLA)
- Dr. Hank Woolley (paleontologist, NHMLA Dinosaur Institute)
- Dr. Lisa Lundgren (education researcher, Utah State University)
- Tony Turner (Educator, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)
- Gabriel-Philip Santos (PBS Eons, Cosplay for Science)

Filmed at San Diego Comic Con 2024.
Support for this panel from The David B. Jones Foundation and Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology

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