Living Dinosaurs The Evolutionary History of Modern Birds 1st Edition by Gareth Dyke, Gary Kaiser 9780470656662 0470656662
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ISBN 10: 0470656662
ISBN 13: 9780470656662
Author: Gareth Dyke, Gary Kaiser
Living Dinosaurs offers a snapshot of our current understanding of the origin and evolution of birds. After slumbering for more than a century, avian palaeontology has been awakened by startling new discoveries on almost every continent. Controversies about whether dinosaurs had real feathers or whether birds were related to dinosaurs have been swept away and replaced by new and more difficult questions: How old is the avian lineage? How did birds learn to fly? Which birds survived the great extinction that ended the Mesozoic Era and how did the avian genome evolve? Answers to these questions may help us understand how the different kinds of living birds are related to one another and how they evolved into their current niches. More importantly, they may help us understand what we need to do to help them survive the dramatic impacts of human activity on the planet.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1: Theropod Diversity and the Refinement of Avian Characteristics
Chapter 2: Why Were There Dinosaurs? Why Are There Birds?
Chapter 3: Pre-modern Birds: Avian Divergences in the Mesozoic
Chapter 4: Progress and Obstacles in the Phylogenetics of Modern Birds
Chapter 5: The Utility of Fossil Taxa and the Evolution of Modern Birds: Commentary and Analysis
Chapter 6: Penguins Past, Present, and Future: Trends in the Evolution of the Sphenisciformes
Chapter 7: Phorusrhacids: the Terror Birds
Chapter 8: The Pseudo-toothed Birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) and their Bearing on the Early Evolution of Modern Birds
Chapter 9: Phylogeny and Diversification of Modern Passerines
Chapter 10: Morphological and Behavioral Correlates of Flapping Flight
Chapter 11: Evolution of the Avian Brain and Senses
Chapter 12: Evolving Perceptions on the Antiquity of the Modern Avian Tree
Chapter 13: Major Events in Avian Genome Evolution
Chapter 14: Bird Evolution Across the K–Pg Boundary and the Basal Neornithine Diversification
Chapter 15: Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity in Marine and Aquatic Birds
Chapter 16: The State of the World’s Birds and the Future of Avian Diversity
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