Five hundred million years of evolutionary innovation is on display in Fernbank Museum’s new exhibition, “Armored Animals.”
The spectacular body defense displays of dinosaurs – spines, plates, horns and helmets – and the unique adaptations of other animals, including fish and insects, are presented alongside human creations they’ve inspired, in an evolutionary expo of defense tech.
Rob Gaston is the paleo artist who created the fossil replications on display at Fernbank. He recently joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes to share more about these incredible creatures and the monumental task of reconstructing them.
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