Dinosaurs of the Air

"Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds presents the most recent work of renowned evolutionary scientist and dinosaur illustrator Gregory Paul. Dinosaurs of the Air synthesizes the growing body of evidence which suggests that modern-day birds have evolved from theropod dinosaurs of prehistoric times. Paul argues provocatively for the idea that the ancestor-descendant relationship between the dinosaurs and birds can on occasion be reversed, and that many dinosaurs were secondarily flightless descendants of creatures we would regard as birds."--BOOK JACKET.

First sentence: The history of avian flight began far back in the Mesozoic Era and continues today as humans research the complex story and add new fossils to fuel debate.

Year

2002

Language

English

Publisher

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Editions

1

Pages

472

ISBN

9780801867637

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