For Immediate Release Contact: Pat Kremer (312) 665-7100 (For Media Use Only) Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries An Eye-Opening Look at How They Lived, How They Died…and How We Know March 30 to September 3, 2007 Dinosaurs, “extinct” for 65 million years, live today in a child’s imagination…in modern birds, descendants of the ancient reptiles…and now in an exciting, hands-on exhibition that’s sure to change your thinking about everyone’s favorite prehistoric creatures. Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries brings new life to old bones, with an eye-opening look at dinosaurs as living creatures that breathed, battled, and bred in complex environments they shared with countless other species. If you’re ready to catch up with the latest dinosaur discoveries and evolutionary theories, this is your chance – at the hottest place to see dinosaurs, Chicago’s Field Museum. Using real fossils and casts, high-tech moving models, vivid computer animations, and a recreated Mesozoic forest, the exhibit highlights cutting-edge research by scientists at The Field Museum and around the world – including new information about the evolutionary link between dinosaurs and modern birds. You can watch a robotic T. rex run, touch a real Triceratops horn, and use new computer software to see how an Apatosaurus moved its neck and tail. You’ll learn about the latest fossil finds, see what mysteries are being revealed by new technologies, and discover how scientists are changing their ideas about how dinosaurs lived…and how they died. The exhibition is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in collaboration with The Field Museum, Chicago; Houston Museum of Natural Science; the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; and the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh. Continue>>