Professor Caroline Winterer

Here on this ship is a giant fossil of a dinosaur that is bigger than your puny little English fossils.

Here on this ship is a giant fossil of a dinosaur that is bigger than your puny little English fossils.

It is exactly that. It is no more sophisticated than four-year-olds in the playground. My bucket is bigger.

It is exactly that. It is no more sophisticated than four-year-olds in the playground. My bucket is bigger.

It is exactly that. It is no more sophisticated than four-year-olds in the playground. My bucket is bigger.

Look what I've got. Americans have a terminal inferiority complex. Many carry it still today. The Greeks and Romans had never been inferior. to the New World, no matter what you read on the web. Romans and Greeks had never been to the New World. And they didn't have the Middle Ages in the sense of crumbling castles and monarchies and all these things.

Look what I've got. Americans have a terminal inferiority complex. Many carry it still today. The Greeks and Romans had never been inferior. to the New World, no matter what you read on the web. Romans and Greeks had never been to the New World. And they didn't have the Middle Ages in the sense of crumbling castles and monarchies and all these things.

Look what I've got. Americans have a terminal inferiority complex. Many carry it still today. The Greeks and Romans had never been inferior. to the New World, no matter what you read on the web. Romans and Greeks had never been to the New World. And they didn't have the Middle Ages in the sense of crumbling castles and monarchies and all these things.

But now they had dinosaur fossils that were bigger and also that were older. So what they couldn't win on the culture front, they won on the antiquity and size front. And they continue to do that today. You know, if you come to American natural history museums, all you ever read is how much older they are than European fossils. So it's not like Americans got over it.

But now they had dinosaur fossils that were bigger and also that were older. So what they couldn't win on the culture front, they won on the antiquity and size front. And they continue to do that today. You know, if you come to American natural history museums, all you ever read is how much older they are than European fossils. So it's not like Americans got over it.

But now they had dinosaur fossils that were bigger and also that were older. So what they couldn't win on the culture front, they won on the antiquity and size front. And they continue to do that today. You know, if you come to American natural history museums, all you ever read is how much older they are than European fossils. So it's not like Americans got over it.

Oh, yes. And they discover that the whole Midwest of the United States, which is 1,500, 2,000 miles wide, if your listeners can imagine the area between the Rocky Mountains in the West and the Great Lakes in the East. they realized that this had been an ancient ocean, that North America had been divided into two.

Oh, yes. And they discover that the whole Midwest of the United States, which is 1,500, 2,000 miles wide, if your listeners can imagine the area between the Rocky Mountains in the West and the Great Lakes in the East. they realized that this had been an ancient ocean, that North America had been divided into two.

Oh, yes. And they discover that the whole Midwest of the United States, which is 1,500, 2,000 miles wide, if your listeners can imagine the area between the Rocky Mountains in the West and the Great Lakes in the East. they realized that this had been an ancient ocean, that North America had been divided into two.

Yeah, and that there were these giant monsters swimming in the ocean, you know, cavorting in these shallow seas, and that on the beaches on both sides, east and west, there had been giant T-Rexes, you know, and we should think of the significance of that name, Tyrannosaurus Rex. You know, it's the king, terrible lizard, you know, as many... like things as you can cram into a single name.

Yeah, and that there were these giant monsters swimming in the ocean, you know, cavorting in these shallow seas, and that on the beaches on both sides, east and west, there had been giant T-Rexes, you know, and we should think of the significance of that name, Tyrannosaurus Rex. You know, it's the king, terrible lizard, you know, as many... like things as you can cram into a single name.

Yeah, and that there were these giant monsters swimming in the ocean, you know, cavorting in these shallow seas, and that on the beaches on both sides, east and west, there had been giant T-Rexes, you know, and we should think of the significance of that name, Tyrannosaurus Rex. You know, it's the king, terrible lizard, you know, as many... like things as you can cram into a single name.

And it's not surprising that Americans would have named it, you know, the terrible king lizard. They wanted a king. They never had a king. So, of course, it's Rex. And the more terrifying, the better. Brontosaurus, Allosaurus, T-Rex, all of these things had been patrolling the scary beaches of the Jurassic and the Cretaceous afterwards.

And it's not surprising that Americans would have named it, you know, the terrible king lizard. They wanted a king. They never had a king. So, of course, it's Rex. And the more terrifying, the better. Brontosaurus, Allosaurus, T-Rex, all of these things had been patrolling the scary beaches of the Jurassic and the Cretaceous afterwards.

And it's not surprising that Americans would have named it, you know, the terrible king lizard. They wanted a king. They never had a king. So, of course, it's Rex. And the more terrifying, the better. Brontosaurus, Allosaurus, T-Rex, all of these things had been patrolling the scary beaches of the Jurassic and the Cretaceous afterwards.