Scientists digitally reconstruct giant steps taken by dinosaurs for the first time
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 13:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists were able to laser scan a 40 meter-long skeleton of the vast Cretaceous Agentinosaurus dinosaur. Then using an advanced computer modeling technique involving the equivalent of 30,000 desktop computers they recreated its walking and running movements and tested its locomotion ability tested for the very first time.