Dinosaurs of the Air
The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds
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Word Count
118,000 words, Guess
Page Count
472 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedinosaursofairev0000paul
- ISBN-100801867630
- ISBN-139780801867637
- Goodreads2098652
- Library of Congress Control Number2001000242
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number45743292
- Better World Books9780801867637
- Open LibraryOL7870769M
Classifications
- LCCQE871.P38 2001
- LCCQE871 .P38 2002
Description
"Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds presents the most recent work of renowned evolutionary scientist and dinosaur illustrator Gregory Paul. Dinosaurs of the Air synthesizes the growing body of evidence which suggests that modern-day birds have evolved from theropod dinosaurs of prehistoric times. Paul argues provocatively for the idea that the ancestor-descendant relationship between the dinosaurs and birds can on occasion be reversed, and that many dinosaurs were secondarily flightless descendants of creatures we would regard as birds."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
The history of avian flight began far back in the Mesozoic Era and continues today as humans research the complex story and add new fossils to fuel debate.
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