Inthenewmovie\"JurassicParkIII,microsoft office coupon code 2013 \"paleontologistDr. IanGrant(playedbySamNeill)getsthelabel\"dinosaurman\"fromanadoringyoungster. ButArgentineanpaleontologistRodolfoCoriaistherealthing. Consideredtheworld\'smostrenownedpaleontologist, Coria\'sworkiscenteredinArgentina\'sPatagoniaregion, hometosomeoftheoldest, largestandmostunusualdinosaursontheplanet. He\'sledexcavationsoftheworld\'sbiggestmeateater, the47-foot-longGiganotosaurus, andthelargestdinosaurofanytype, theArgentinosaurus, whichweighedover100tons. Castreplicasofbothoriginalsarefeaturedinanewexhibition, \"GiantsoftheMesozoic, \"attheFernbankMuseumofNaturalHistoryinAtlanta. ThedisplayisavailableforviewingnowbutwillhaveitsofficialopeningonAug. 25, whenitbecomesapermanentpartofthemuseum. Coria, atall, dark-haired42-year-old, isinAtlantathisweektooverseefinalpreparation. Hetalkedabouthislife\'sworkanddinosaurs-realandmovie-made-withNEWSWEEK\'sVernE. Smith. NEWSWEEK:Whatdoyouthinkaboutthe\"JurassicPark\"movies? RodolfoCoria:Ihaven\'tseenthenewoneyet, butIreallylikedthefirsttwobecauseIlikesciencefiction, dinosaurmoviesandSpielberg. Butpeoplehavetobeveryawarethatwatchingthesemoviesisnotawaytolearnaboutdinosaurs. It\'sjustentertainment. HowclosedoesHollywoodcomeindepictingtheworldofdinosaurs? Intermsofmovement, shapeofthebody, thevolumeofthemuscles, andhowfastsomedinosaurscouldrun, thatisaccurate. Theyareshowingwhatweknowaboutthemnow. Inthecurrentfilm, oneofthemajorplotpointsrevolvesaroundthecommunicationskillsofraptors. Howrealisthat? Ithinkthatisgoingvery, veryaheadofourknowledge. Wedoknowthattheclosestrelativestodinosaursarebirds. Birdsareactuallymeat-eatingdinosaurs. Andweknowthatbirdscommunicatewitheachother. Theyhaveavocalizationalltheirown. Theycan\"shoot\"answersfromtheirrelatives. Soitcouldbepossiblethatdinosaursdidthesamething. Wedon\'thavetheevidence. Butit\'spossible, andit\'sreallyfun. Theraptorsinthismoviearegivenalmosthumanlikeintelligence. Howbrainyweredinosaurs? WeknowthatTroodontids, oneofthelastgroupsofmeat-eatingdinosaursbeforeextinction, hadaverylargebrain, largerthananyotherdinosaur. Theirbrainwasalsolargerthananyothermammalthatlivedatthattime. ANorthAmericanpaleontologistnamedDaleRussellproposedabout20yearsagothatiftheextinctionofthedinosaurshadn\'tcomeabout, thisgroupofdinosaurscouldhavekeptdeveloping, enlargingtheirbrainsandcouldhavebecomesmarterthanotherdinosaurs. Whyistheresuchafascinationwithdinosaurs? That\'sveryinteresting, becauseIdidn\'thavethisfascinationwhenIwasakid. Ijustbecameascientistbecauseofaslowevolutionfrombiologyingeneraltofossilfaunaandthentoextinctfaunaandthentodinosaurs. WhenIstartedtostudydinosaurs, IdiscovereditwassomethingIlikedtodo, butIdidn\'tfeelthismagicfascination. IthinkthisfascinationisatypicalAmericanculturalphenomenon. Itdoesn\'thappeninanyothercountry, inmyopinion. Kidsandteenagers, atsomepoint, arethecenterofthisfascination. Grownpeoplearen\'treallyinterestedindinosaurs, buttheywerewhentheywerekids. Thislocalfascinationstartedwhenthefirstdinosaurexhibitwasputtogetherintheearly1800sinNewYorkandsupportedbytheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory. Itwasahit, andthenseveralothermuseumsinthestatesbecameinterestedindinosaursandbegantobuildtheirownexhibits. Thisdidn\'thappeninArgentina. TheonlydinosaurexhibitformanyyearsinArgentinawasatLaPlataMuseum. Thatseemsodd, givenhowmuchfossilworkgoesoninArgentina. IthinkinArgentina, anewgenerationofpaleontologistsstartedtoworkveryhardinthelast10to15years. Tothatpoint, therewasonlyonepersonresearchingdinosaurs, Dr. JoseBonaparte, whowasmyteacher. Hewassurroundedbyagangofstudents-whichwasus-andallofusareactivepaleontologistswhogrewupundertheshadowofBonaparte. Ithinkthat\'swhyArgentinahastakenthisfrontlineplace[indinosaurresearch]. It\'snotbecauseArgentinasuddenlybecameaveryrichareaofdinosaurs. Argentinasuddenlybecameaveryrichareaofpaleontologists. ButwhataboutthepeculiarityofthesizeofthefossilsuncoveredinArgentina? SomefactsareshowingsomepeculiaritiesintheSouthAmericanfauna, andwearetalkingaboutArgentina, theNeuquenProvinceofPatagonia. It\'seasiertofinddinosaurfossilsinPatagoniabecauseofthedryweatherandlackofhugevegetation. Thequestionofwhytheyweresobig-Idon\'thaveananswer. Ineveryecosystem, theplanteatersarealwayslargerthanthemeateaters, always. Still, thesizeoftheseguysiscompletelyoutofscale. Thissizewasneverrepeatedagaininthewholeevolution. The\"JurassicPark\"moviesalldepictadinosaurworldwheretheanimalsmoveinherds. Howmuchscientificevidenceofthatisknown? WedoknowaboutthesocialbehaviorofplanteatersbecauseoftheverygoodfootprintsitesinNorthAmerica. Thelong-neckeddinosaursusedtomoveinherdsbecausethefootprintsoftheseherds. WerecentlydiscoveredanestingsiteinPatagoniathatconfirmsthatthesauropodlaideggs. Beforethat, wewerenotsure. Butwefoundextensivenestingareaswithmillionsofeggswithembryosinside. Raptoreggsalsoplayaprominentroleinthenewmovie. Raptorsareadifferentproblem. Wedon\'thaveanyrecordofraptoreggs. Weknowvelociraptors, thesmallversionoftheonesinthemovies, laideggs. Wefoundwhatwecallamega-raptorinPatagonia, about20feetlongwithalmostafoot-longclawthatcouldbecomparabletotheonesinthemovie. Theseguyswerevery, veryfast, verysophisticatedrunninganimalswhocouldjump. MoviepaleontologistsseemtofavortheIndianaJonesfedora. What\'sthefavoredheadgearonarealdig? [Laughs]Youknowwhat? Givemesponsorship, andI\'lluseanykindofhat. GivemeNikesponsorship, andI\'llwearaNikehat. IhaveseentheIndianaJoneshatonsites, butIdon\'tknowwhichcamefirst. GetNewsweekonyourTablet