Steve Brusatte is a passionate researcher of dinosaurs. He has a special gift to tell a very complex million years old story with great ease. His newest book The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us discovers the ability of our early ancestors to adapt to apocalyptic changes. The dinosaurs did not survive those changes but humans did and furthermore, became the reigns of the planet Earth. Have we retained this ability to adapt and survive in the course of civilization?