The Origin and Evolution of Birds |
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| Author:
| Feduccia, Alan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-300-06460-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1996 |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $85.00 |
Book Description:
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This text is a comprehensive and illustrated discussion of the origin of birds and of avian flight. Ornithologist and evolutionary biologist Alan Feduccia, author of Age of Birds, here draws on fossil evidence and studies of the structure and biochemistry of living birds to present knowledge and data on avian evolution and propose a model of this evolutionary process.
This text is a comprehensive and illustrated discussion of the origin of birds and of avian flight. Ornithologist and evolutionary biologist Alan Feduccia, author of Age of Birds, here draws on fossil evidence and studies of the structure and biochemistry of living birds to present knowledge and data on avian evolution and propose a model of this evolutionary process.