{"id":1210,"date":"2026-07-28T07:06:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redzine.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/how-do-we-know-what-dinosaurs-looked-like\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T07:06:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:06:52","slug":"how-do-we-know-what-dinosaurs-looked-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redzine.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/how-do-we-know-what-dinosaurs-looked-like\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200aHow do we know what dinosaurs looked like?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When all we have left of dinosaurs is their fossilised bones, how do we know what they looked like on the outside? That\u2019s what nine-year-old Kara from London wanted to know. <\/p>\n

She joins our host Eloise and paleobiologist Neil Gostling on The Conversation\u2019s Curious Kids podcast<\/a> to find out all the ways scientists work out what dinosaurs looked like \u2013 from the way they walked, to their muscles and even what colour they were. <\/p>\n

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In each episode of The Conversation\u2019s Curious Kids<\/a>, a child joins host Eloise to ask a top researcher their burning question. <\/p>\n

To listen to season two, follow us wherever you get your podcasts, or listen on the Yoto Player via the Discover section on the Yoto interactive audio platform for kids.<\/p>\n

This is the last episode of season two, but you can listen back to season one<\/a> and read lots of answers to questions sent in by children around the world in our Curious Kids series<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Got a question? Pop it in an email, or record it and send us the audio to curiouskids@theconversation.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This season of The Conversation\u2019s Curious Kids is supported by the University of Southampton<\/a> in the UK, a world-leading research-intensive university with a global network of international students and campuses in Malaysia and Delhi.<\/em> <\/p>\n

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Disclosure statement<\/h2>\n

Neil Gostling has received funding from the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council. He is a trustee of the Lyme Regis (Philpot) Museum and trustee of the Friends of Dinosaur Isle.<\/p>\n

Credits<\/h2>\n

This episode of The Conversation\u2019s Curious Kids was hosted and mixed by Eloise Stevens. The producer was Katie Flood and the executive producer was Gemma Ware.<\/p>\n

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