Paleozoological Muesum of China

Today, Sunday, September 2, was our last full day in Beijing. Once again, the wonderful Juana and Dede were our guides. We started with shopping (well, the women shopped -- I parked myself in the English-language bookstore and browsed). Then it was off to lunch at a restaurant Juana recommended -- terrific.

After that it was my turn to be indulged: we visited an electronics supermarket and then went to the Paleozoological Museum of China, which houses some of the most famous fossils in the world right now: key specimens showing that birds did indeed evolve from dinosaurs.



Robert J. Sawyer outside the museum



T. rex greets Robert J. Sawyer and Carolyn Clink



Mamenchisaurus looms over all



Tsintaosaurus, a Chinese hadrosaur



A coelacanth in a pickle



Jurassic showdown: a Chinese stegosaur vs. a theropod



And the stars of the show: the feathered dinos! Microraptor gui



Confusciusornis



Rob's old friend Peking Man, about whom he wrote an Aurora Award-winning short story.

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