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DescriptionFlying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds – September 16th 2014 by John Pickrell (Author) {Bindaredundat}  Format: epub / mobi / pdf Product Details Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Columbia University Press (September 16th 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 0231171781 ISBN-13: 978-0231171786 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. Review Flying Dinosaurs recounts the stunning fossil discoveries, novel ideas, cutting-edge technologies, and scientific missteps that took place as scientists documented the dinosaur-bird link. In readable prose, with stunning illustrations and the necessary background material, this book recounts the cut-and-thrust of one of the most important paleontological advances of modern time. (Spencer Lucas, chief curator, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, and author of Dinosaurs: The Textbook)| Dinosaurs aren't dead. Birds are dinosaurs, an astounding fact brought to life by John Pickrell in his celebration of fossil discovery. From historic debates over how birds evolved from dinosaurian ancestors to how this ancient connection is enlightening our understanding of dinosaur lives, Pickrell adeptly shows readers the Velociraptor hiding inside a chicken. (Brian Switek, author of My Beloved Brontosaurus and Written in Stone) A marvelous book. The moment life took to the air--caught in stone! (Tim Flannery, environmentalist and paleontologist)  Sharing Widget |