In this video from NPR’s Science Friday, UT paleontologist Tim Rowe describes his non-invasive technique for looking inside the skulls of dinosaurs by creating hundreds of digital slices.
Digital morphology uses high-resolution X-ray computed tomography to create spectacular imagery and animations of biological specimens. With this technology scientists at the university can see what a dinosaur’s brain looked like or examine the famous hominid “Lucy” without touching the fossil.
This video was produced by Flora Lichtman for Science Friday.
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How is the last comment relevant to the video? Please don't open up this tiring debate. Let's appreciate this beautiful and informative non-invasive way to look at bones.
This is a great video. I want to study paleontology now!
Fascinating! They are on the advanced edge of science in the Jackson School, of which they are a part. This is one of the great advances in paleontology, I think.