Two of the best classes we ever took at the University of Texas were The Age of Dinosaurs and The Age of Mammals. Both were pretty fascinating, but amazingly, the mammals class pretty much owned the dinosaurs class, not only 'cause our professor was so cool--if you put 10 bearded indie rockers and 10 bearded paleontologists in a room together, you probably wouldn't be able to tell much of a difference--but also because there was so much more to learn. After all, prehistoric mammals have always taken a backseat to dinosaurs in pop culture. Ever... More >>>