Flying Dinosaurs

Flying Dinosaurs
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Publisher : NewSouth
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781742241760
ISBN-13 : 174224176X
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Book Synopsis Flying Dinosaurs by : John Pickrell

Download or read book Flying Dinosaurs written by John Pickrell and published by NewSouth. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dinosaurs didn’t die out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago. Get ready to unthink what you thought you knew and journey into the deep, dark depths of the Jurassic. The discovery of the first feathered dinosaur in China in 1996 sent shockwaves through the palaeontological world. Were the feathers part of a complex mating ritual, or a stepping stone in the evolution of flight? And just how closely related T. rex to a chicken Award-winning journalist John Pickrell reveals how dinosaurs developed flight and became the birds in our backyards. He delves into the latest discoveries in China, the US, Europe and uncovers a thriving black market in fossils and infighting between dinosaur hunters, plus the controversial plan to use a chicken to bring dinosaurs back from the dead.


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