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Flying Dinosaurs - How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds (Hardcover)
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Flying Dinosaurs - How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds (Hardcover)
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The discovery of stunning, feathered dinosaur fossils coming out of
China since 2006 suggest that these creatures were much more
bird-like than paleontologists previously imagined. Further
evidence-bones, genetics, eggs, behavior, and more-has shown a
seamless transition from fleet-footed carnivores to the ancestors
of modern birds. Mixing colorful portraits with news on the latest
fossil findings and interviews with leading paleontologists in the
United States, China, Europe, and Australia, John Pickrell explains
and details dinosaurs' development of flight. This special capacity
introduced a whole new range of abilities for the animals and
helped them survive a mass extinction, when thousands of other
dinosaur species that once populated the Earth did not. Pickrell
also turns his journalistic eye toward the stories behind the
latest discoveries, investigating the role of the Chinese black
market in trading fossils, the controversies among various dinosaur
hunters, the interference of national governments intent on
protecting scientific information, and the race to publish findings
first that make this research such a dynamic area of science.
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