Author: Robin Birch
Publisher: Chelsea Clubhouse
ISBN: 9781604134087
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Originally published: Australia: Macmillan Education, 2002.

Author: Edwin Harris Colbert
Publisher:
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Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Discusses the weird amphibians, reptiles, and land animals that preceded the dinosaurs on earth; the evolution of dinosaurs and the earliest birds and sea serpents.

Author: British Museum (Natural History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521264266
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 71

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Describes the characteristics of dinosaurs and some of the animals, specifically birds and crocodiles, physically related to dinosaurs that are still living today.

Author: Megan Cooley Peterson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1491496509
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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"Full-color images and simple introduce young readers to different dinosaurs related to Tyrannosaurus rex, including their physical characteristics, habitats, and diets"--

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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 71

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Describes the characteristics of dinosaurs and some of the animals, specifically birds and crocodiles, physically related to dinosaurs that are still living today.

Author: Alan Feduccia
Publisher: BrownWalker Press
ISBN: 1599426064
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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Birds and dinosaurs have dominated human interest for decades. In this well-supported revolutionary view of the field, critical questions are explored with credible evidence and biological thought. Are birds derived directly from advanced dinosaurs, or are they closely related dinosaur cousins? Did flight originate via the natural "gravity-assisted" trees-down model, or from the improbable “gravity-resisted” ground-up model? Were the earliest birds ground-predators or trunk-climbing gliders? Were dinosaurs hot-blooded with insulating protofeathers, or highly active, cold-blooded reptiles? These are among the questions addressed in this path-breaking book. Current consensus suggests that early birds were earth-bound and flight began on the ground. Reversing that logic, since birds are hot-blooded, by inference so too were dinosaurs, and extraordinarily complex feathers, flight brain and inner ear, evolved before flight in dinosaurs. The iconic early bird Archaeopteryx, despite innumerable flight and arboreal features, is now displayed as an earth-bound predator that could not fly. In reality, we have yet to provide satisfactory explanations for much of the biological origin and early evolution of birds. Among the questions addressed is whether truly feathered dinosaurs are in reality lost or "hidden birds?" The architectural complexity of feathers leads the author to the conclusion that if an animal has evolved extraordinarily complex, aerodynamically-designed feathers, an avian flight hand, flight membranes, and a flight brain, it's a bird. Birds and dinosaurs captivate and enchant the human imagination. These intriguing animals have dominated the field of paleontology and evolution for the past half century, engendering heated debate on avian ancestry, the origin of flight and feathers, and the biology of their fossils. Are birds living dinosaurs? In this series of entertainingly contentious and captivating essays evolutionary biologist Alan Feduccia writes with verve and humor to expose major problems in the field and advocate liberation from the shackles of consensus thinking about birds and dinosaurs. He maintains that the euphoria of paleontologists claiming to have solved the major problems of bird evolution is premature, largely generated by the adoption of a rigid, cult-like methodology, heavily blended with ideology, and excluding many biological and geological principles. He adroitly exposes and elucidates major mistakes in the field and their aftermath. Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs is a lucid revelation of clarity and synthesis, a fascinating unveiling of the underlying science that has produced the good, but also often appalling fossil research and wild speculation in bird and dinosaur evolution. A must read for anyone interested in this rapidly evolving field, the short, concise and incisive essays provide the reader with access to this complex topic. REVIEWS and WORDS OF PRAISE In this strikingly unconventional and brilliant book, Professor Alan Feduccia presents the current status of the recent controversy about the origin of birds with clarity and vigor. A thought-provoking personal exploration of what the bird fossils represent. ---Sankar Chatterjee, Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor of Geosciences and Curator of Paleontology, Texas Tech University. Feduccia's book eloquently reminds us that consensus science is to be shied away from especially when it is used to plead special cases against basic scientific principles. The concept of “lost birds” is particularly intriguing as it defines what birds are and how special science obfuscates the simplicity of evolution. ---David A. Burnham, Associate Researcher, University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum. Based on a thorough understanding of the empirical evidence, Feduccia presents a convincing account of avian origins from their putative ancestors. ---Walter J. Bock, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Columbia University and Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History. With candor, clear thinking, humor, and abundant evidence, Alan Feduccia’s Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs should be mandatory reading for the countless millions who are intrigued by dinosaurs and their relatives, the birds. Feduccia points out the many empirical and logical shortcomings in the stubborn majority view that birds evolved from dinosaurs, an idea now solidly entrenched as dogma in education and popular culture. This new book will be as interesting to those who study human behavior and scientific methods as it will to students of vertebrate evolution. ---David W. Steadman, Curator of Ornithology, Professor of Biology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida.

Author: British Museum (Natural History)
Publisher:
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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Author: Josh Anderson
Publisher: Wonder Publishing
ISBN: 9781503865235
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This book explores scientific research and amazing discoveries of dinosaur relatives such as Quetzalcoatlus. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, informative captions and fun facts, infographics, sources for further research, an index, an introduction to the author, and critical-thinking questions to help readers connect with the text.

Author: Janet Riehecky
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780895656261
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Dinosaur Relatives is a reinforced, library bound book in The Child's World series Dinosaurs.

Author: British Museum (Natural History). Department of Palaeontology
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :

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