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[[File:Dr. Bob Bakker face 2.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Bakker in September 2008]]

'''Bob Bakker''' (Robert Thomas Bakker, March 24, 1945) was born in [[Bergen County, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cpedia.com/wiki?q=Robert+Bakker&guess_ambig=Jurassic+Park+Dilophosaurus+Dino+Crisis+Oviraptor+Robert+Bakker|title=Robert Bakker|accessdate=2010-07-18}}</ref> He is an [[United States|American]] [[paleontologist]] and [[writer]], who developed modern ideas about [[dinosaurs]]. Bakker studied at [[Yale University]] and [[Harvard University]].

Bakker accepted his [[wikt:mentor|mentor]] [[John Ostrom]]'s idea that dinosaurs were warm-blooded ([[endothermic]]).<ref>Desmond A.J. 1977. ''The hot-blooded dinosaurs''. {{ISBN|0-8600-7494-3}}</ref> With this as a starting-point, Bakker publicised the "dinosaur renaissance" in paleontological studies.<ref>Bakker R.T. 1975. Dinosaur renaissance. ''[[Scientific American]]'', April</ref> His special field is the [[ecology|ecological]] context and behavior of dinosaurs.

Bakker has been a major proponent of the theory that dinosaurs were warm-blooded, smart, fast, and adaptable. His main work, ''The Dinosaur Heresies'', was published in 1986.<ref>Bakker R.T 1986. ''The Dinosaur Heresies: new theories unlocking the mystery of the dinosaurs and their extinction''. Citadel Press. {{ISBN|0-8217-5608-7}}</ref> He revealed the first evidence of parental care at nesting sites for ''[[Allosaurus]]''. Bakker was among the advisors for the film ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' and for the 1992 PBS series, ''[[The Dinosaurs: the nature of the beast|The Dinosaurs]]''.

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091026142031/http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/8152/robertbakker.html Interview with Bakker]
* [http://www.prehistoricplanet.com/features/index.php?id=26 Bio article] with information about his then-new book on [[creationism]], [[theology]], [[Augustine of Hippo|Saint Augustine]] vs. [[evolution]]

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