{"id":108109,"date":"2019-05-18T00:39:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T07:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=108109"},"modified":"2019-05-07T15:17:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T22:17:53","slug":"saturday-is-a-good-day-to-learn-some-dinosaur-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2019\/05\/saturday-is-a-good-day-to-learn-some-dinosaur-science.html","title":{"rendered":"Saturday is a Good Day to Learn Some Dinosaur Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I have always loved paleontology. Learning to think in terms of Deep Time keeps you humble.<\/p>\n

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