When Dinosaurs Conquered The Skies: The Incredible Story of Bird Evolution by Jingmai O’Connor
Birds are incredible! They fly, they run, they swim, and they climb. How did this wonderful group of animals first evolve? Step back in time to discover how the unearthing of an Archaeopteryx fossil changed the way we thing about dinosaurs like no there fossil has ever done before. Explore the fascinating story of how birds became birds and how we humans finally figured it out...
- How the oldest bird fossils are about 150 million years old.
- That birds evolved from a group of meat-eating dinosaurs called theropods. That’s the same group that Tyrannosaurus Rex belonged to, although birds evolved from small theropods.
- How these ancient birds looked quite a lot like small, feathered dinosaurs and they had much in common. Their mouths still contained sharp teeth.
- That over time, birds lost their teeth and evolved beaks.
- And being called a Bird Brain is a compliment
The story of bird evolution is fascinating, and When Dinosaurs Conquered The Skies: The incredible story of bird evolution by Jingmai O’Connor explores this incredible history in a digestible, accessible way. This book from the successful Incredible Evolution series proves that fact can definitely be stranger and more exciting than fiction!
About the Author – Jingmai O’Connor is second generation Chines and third generation Irish. Grew up in Pasadena, CA, just outside of Los Angeles, and is currently the Associate Curator of Fossil Reptiles (aka the “dinosaur curator’) at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
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