Inner Bird Kaiser Gary W.
Inner Bird Kaiser Gary W. Birds are among the most successful vertebrates on Earth. However, both amateurs and professionals typically focus on birds' behaviour and appearance and only superficially…
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Inner Bird Kaiser Gary W.
Birds are among the most successful vertebrates on Earth. However, both amateurs and professionals typically focus on birds' behaviour and appearance and only superficially understand the characteristics that make birds so unique.The Inner Bird introduces readers to the avian skeleton, then moves beyond anatomy to discuss the relationships between birds and dinosaurs and other early ancestors. An important part of our natural environment and deeply embedded in our culture, birds are studied by more professional ornithologists and enjoyed by more amateur enthusiasts than ever before.
Using examples from recently discovered fossils of birds and near-birds, Kaiser describes an avian history Gary Kaiser examines the challenges scientists face in understanding avian evolution - even recent advances in biomolecular genetics have failed to provide a clear evolutionary story.