A few years after the publication of Charles Darwin's "The Origin of the Species", the scientific world was set aflutter by an amazing discovery: a fossil skeleton exquisitely preserved, even to the impressions of individual feathers on its wings, had been found in the Bavarian region of Germany. Researchers determined that the unique coupling of its avian feathers and reptilian toothy skull offered tangible proof of the theory of evolution. Hailed as "First Bird", archaeopteryx became a celebrity among fossils, and the subject of heated debates. Are birds actually living dinosaurs? Where does the fossil record actually lead? This volume is a piece of detective work, exploring how the thinking about the mysteries of flight has developed.
- ISBN10 0753806967
- ISBN13 9780753806968
- Publish Date 1 July 1999 (first published 15 January 1998)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 March 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 336
- Language English