The Origin and Evolution of Birds

by Alan Feduccia

This monumental book is a comprehensive and profusely illustrated exploration of all that is known about the origin of birds and of avian flight. Alan Feduccia, a leading ornithologist and evolutionary biologist, draws on fossil evidence and studies of the structure and biochemistry of living birds to present current knowledge and fresh data on avian evolution and to propose a major new model of this evolutionary process.

Genres: Nonfiction, Ornithology

480 pages, Paperback

First published September 25, 1996

Reviews

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent book, although a bit technical without a good grounding in vertebrate anatomy (which I conspicuously lack). I had to have an Oxford English dictionary handy. Fortunately there are plentiful diagrams and illustrations so figuring out what the author was about was generally not too difficult.

[Abdullah]

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