Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight

In 1861, just a few years after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species,...
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Author: Pat Shipman
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Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight by Shipman, Pat

Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight

€34,78

Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight

€34,78
Author: Pat Shipman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In 1861, just a few years after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, a scientist named Hermann von Meyer made an amazing discovery. Hidden in the Bavarian region of Germany was a fossil skeleton so exquisitely preserved that its wings and feathers were as obvious as its reptilian jaws and tail. This transitional creature offered tangible proof of Darwin's theory of evolution.
Hailed as the First Bird, Archaeopteryx has remained the subject of heated debates for the last 140 years. Are birds actually living dinosaurs? Where does the fossil record really lead? Did flight originate from the ground up or trees down? Pat Shipman traces the age-old human desire to soar above the earth and to understand what has come before us. Taking Wing is science as adventure story, told with all the drama by which scientific understanding unfolds

Author: Pat Shipman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 01/15/1999
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.12h x 5.96w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9780684849652


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 12/27/1998 pg. 20

About the Author
Pat Shipman, an anthropologist at Pennsylvania State University, is the author of The Evolution of Racism and, with Alan Walker, The Wisdom of the Bones. She has written extensively on evolution and anthropology for such magazines as Discover, Natural History, New Scientist, and Focus. She lives in State College, Pennsylvani

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