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Their goal was to reconstruct the history of dinosaur As the expedition to search for dinosaur fossils
evolution across Asia and North America. Asia can be continued, new facts were revealed about “Dinosaur X.”
called the womb of all dinosaurs. As a so-called dinosaur “Dinosaur X” lived 30 million years before the appearance
graveyard, the Gobi Desert has been a place where many of Protoceratops, which was considered the ancestor of
well-preserved and fully intact dinosaur fossils have been all horned dinosaurs until now. This discovery revealed
discovered. The large remains of an armored dinosaur the evolutionary links of dinosaurs across Mongolia, the
were found amidst the searing heat of the desert. Korean peninsula and North America.
Next to it, the teeth and leg bones of Tarbosaurus were The efforts of an international expedition of
also found. During the 40-day expedition, the secret of paleontologists to find dinosaur fossils as old as 70
their dramatic deaths is finally revealed. The legendary million years in a desert. Through computer graphics,
Deinocheirus that has remained as a mystery for 40 these dinosaurs of Asia are vividly brought back to life.
years. This dinosaur and many others were passionately
sought by the paleontologists.
