Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs
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Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs

Forays in Postmodern Paleontology

Alan Feduccia

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Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs

Forays in Postmodern Paleontology

Alan Feduccia

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Birds and dinosaurs have dominated human interest for decades. In this well-supported revolutionary view of the field, critical questions are explored with credible evidence and biological thought. Are birds derived directly from advanced dinosaurs, or ar

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Publisher
BrownWalker Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781599426075
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Natural History
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title
  3. Full Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. 1. Burning Dim: The New Theory-Laden Study of Fossils
  9. 2. The Road to Paleontological Postmodernism
  10. 3. Make It New! The Dinosaur Renaissance
  11. 4. New and Improved Dinosaur
  12. 5. The Hot-Blood Dinosaurs
  13. 6. Methodology: The Endless Search for a Panacea
  14. 7. Dinosaur: What’s That?
  15. 8. Rise and Fall of Vicariance Biogeography
  16. 9. Peter Pan Evolution: Fast Track to Macroevolution
  17. 10. You Can’t Go Home Again: Dollo’s Law
  18. 11. Rambo and Clementine: Thanks for the Thumb
  19. 12. Topsy-Turvy Phylogeny
  20. 13. Dino-Fuzz in the Jehol
  21. 14. Collagen, Collagen, Everywhere!
  22. 15. Iconic Urvogel: Bird to Dinosaur to Bird
  23. 16. Confuciusornis: Earliest Known Beaked Bird
  24. 17. WAIR WAC-ked!
  25. 18. The Mismeasure of Claws
  26. 19. Climbing Wings: The Arboreal Scansoriopterids
  27. 20. Caudipteryx: Feathered Dinosaurs Unveiled
  28. 21. Pennaraptorans (“Feathered Raptors”): Dinosaurs or Birds?
  29. 22. The Day the Dinos Died
  30. 23. Epilogue: A Search for Consilience, Not Consensus
  31. About the Author
  32. Back Cover