{"product_id":"dinosaurs-of-the-air-gregory-s-paul-9780801867637","title":"Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003eVoted Best Book of 2002 by Readers of \u003ci\u003ePrehistoric Times\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds\u003c\/i\u003e presents the most recent work of renowned evolutionary scientist and dinosaur illustrator Gregory Paul. \u003ci\u003eDinosaurs of the Air\u003c\/i\u003e synthesizes the growing body of evidence which suggests that modern-day birds have evolved from theropod dinosaurs of prehistoric times. Paul argues provocatively for the idea that the ancestor-descendant relationship between the dinosaurs and birds can on occasion be reversed, and that many dinosaurs were secondarily flightless descendants of creatures we would regard as birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eControversial and comprehensive, \u003ci\u003eDinosaurs of the Air\u003c\/i\u003e also offers new, firsthand interpretations of major fossils; a balanced, rewarding discussion of the ways we think flight may have evolved (comparing \"ground up\" and \"trees down\" scenarios); a close look at the famous urvogel Archaeopteryx, discussing what it can and cannot tell us about bird origins; and in-depth analyses of bird and theropod phylogenetics. Full of rich detail for the specialist but accessible to the intelligent lay reader, the book includes the author's own stunning illustrations and a technical appendix which provides information, for example, on body mass\/wing dimension relationships and avian\/dinosaurian metabolics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory S. Paul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801867630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801867637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.30h x 9.26w x 1.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2002 pg. 501","brand":"Gregory S. Paul","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075833000191,"sku":"9780801867637","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_734b0f96-9e29-402a-b552-b0d135f3a5ad.jpg?v=1685461706","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dinosaurs-of-the-air-gregory-s-paul-9780801867637","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}