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26%OFFJohn Pickrell - Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds - 9780231171786 - V9780231171786
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Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds

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Description for Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26 color illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVW5; RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231171786
SKU
V9780231171786
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About John Pickrell
John Pickrell is an award-winning science writer and the editor of Australian Geographic magazine. He has worked in London, Washington, D.C., and Sydney for numerous publications, including New Scientist, Science, Science News, and Cosmos. He has been a finalist for the Australian Museum's Eureka Prizes three times, has won an Earth Journalism Award, and has been featured in the 2011 ... Read more

Reviews for Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds
In Flying Dinosaurs John Pickrell challenges everything you were told about dinosaurs as a child... Through extensive research and interviews with leading paleontologists, Flying Dinosaurs charts how each new discovery confirmed the link between dinosaurs and birds... The author's fascination with dinosaurs is evident throughout the book. But his passion aside, it takes a skilled science writer to transform the ... Read more

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