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The Inner Bird - Anatomy and Evolution (Paperback)
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The Inner Bird - Anatomy and Evolution (Paperback)
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Birds are among the most successful vertebrates on Earth. An
important part of our natural environment and deeply embedded in
our culture, birds are studied by more professional ornithologists
and enjoyed by more amateur enthusiasts than ever before. However,
both amateurs and professionals typically focus on birds' behaviour
and appearance and only superficially understand the
characteristics that make birds so unique. The Inner Bird
introduces readers to the avian skeleton, then moves beyond anatomy
to discuss the relationships between birds and dinosaurs and other
early ancestors. Gary Kaiser examines the challenges scientists
face in understanding avian evolution - even recent advances in
biomolecular genetics have failed to provide a clear evolutionary
story. Using examples from recently discovered fossils of birds and
near-birds, Kaiser describes an avian history based on the gradual
abandonment of dinosaur-like characteristics, and the related
acquisition of avian characteristics such as sophisticated flight
techniques and the production of large eggs. Such developments have
enabled modern birds to invade the oceans and to exploit habitats
that excluded dinosaurs for millions of years. While ornithology is
a complex discipline that draws on many fields, it is nevertheless
burdened with obsolete assumptions and archaic terminology. The
Inner Bird offers modern interpretations for some of those ideas
and links them to more current research. It should help anyone
interested in birds to bridge the gap between long-dead fossils and
the challenges faced by living species.
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