The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia

The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia

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An exploration of all that is known about the origin of birds and of avian flight. It draws on fossil evidence and studies of the structure and biochemistry of living birds to present knowledge and data on avian evolution and to propose a new model of this evolutionary process.

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The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia

An exploration of all that is known about the origin of birds and of avian flight. It draws on fossil evidence and studies of the structure and biochemistry of living birds to present knowledge and data on avian evolution and to propose a new model of this evolutionary process.
Alan Feduccia is S. K. Heninger Professor Emeritus and former chair of the Department of Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Feduccia graduated with a B.S. from Louisiana State University, taking ornithological expeditions to Honduras, El Salvador and Peru. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. (1969) from the University of Michigan.
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ISBN 13 9780300078619
ISBN 10 0300078617
Title The Origin and Evolution of Birds
Author Alan Feduccia
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Yale University Press
Year published 1999-08-11
Number of pages 478
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