The Origin And Evolution Of Birds. 2nd Edition - Couverture souple

Feduccia, Alan

 
9780300078619: The Origin And Evolution Of Birds. 2nd Edition

Synopsis

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. This new edition of the book includes an updated analysis of the latest discoveries and literature pertaining to bird origins, "feathered dinosaurs," and bird evolutions "Big Bang."

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À propos de l?auteur

Alan Feduccia is S. K. Heninger Professor, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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