Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska and the "horrible hand" dinosaur
Podcast: History DispatchesPublished On: Wed Jul 23 2025
Description: Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska was a Polish scientist and the first woman to lead a dinosaur excavation expedition. On her explorations of the Gobi Desert, she discovered many famous animals, including Deinocheirus—a dinosaur that, for decades, was known only by its enormous, terrifying claws. But when we finally found the rest of its body, it turned out to look more like Jar Jar Binks. This is the story of Zofia, and the dinosaur that surprised us all - as told with our guests - Sabrina and Garret from the I Know Dino podcast. Sources Thanks to Sabrina and Garret from the I Know Dino Podcast. Listen to them. It's a great show. I Know Dino Website: https://iknowdino.com I Know Dino Book: https://books.disney.com/book/i-know-dino/ (The book is awesome - we highly recommend it). https://archive.org/details/inpursuitofearly0000kiel/page/n5/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/huntingfordinosa00kiel https://iknowdino.com/deinocheirus-episode-527/ https://www.nature.com/articles/520158a https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.16203 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13874 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13930 Image: Photo by Garret Kruger History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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