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T. rex Family Secrets

NOVA Now by GBH

Jun 23, 202631:07Science & Medicine

Steve Brusatte says T. rex wasn’t always the king, and as a paleontologist, he has spent his career uncovering how it got to the top of the food chain. Steve joins Hakeem to trace the full 100-million-year history of the...

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T. rex Family Secrets is an episode from NOVA Now by GBH. Steve Brusatte says T. rex wasn’t always the king, and as a paleontologist, he has spent his career uncovering how it got to the top of the food chain. Steve joins Hakeem to trace th...

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