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When Dinosaurs Conquered the Skies: The incredible story of bird evolution: Volume 4

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By (author): Jingmai O'Connor

Illustrated by: Maria Brzozowska

When Dinosaurs Conquered the Skies is an exquisitely illustrated exploration of how dinosaurs evolved flight and eventually became the birds we live with today.

What are birds, and where did they come from? Discover fascinating facts about bird evolution, including:
 
  • How the oldest bird fossils are about 150 million years old.
  • That birds evolved from a group of meat-eating dinosaurs called theropods. Thats the same group that Tyrannosaurus Rex belonged to, although birds evolved from small theropods. 
  • How these ancient birds looked quite a lot like small, feathered dinosaurs and they had much in common. Their mouths still contained sharp teeth.
  • That over time, birds lost their teeth and evolved beaks.

And more! The story of bird evolution is fascinating, and When Dinosaurs Conquered the Skies explores this incredible history in a digestible, accessible way. This book from the successful Incredible Evolution series proves that fact can definitely be stranger and more exciting than fiction! Can you imagine coming face-to-face with a toothy pigeon?!

Through digestible information and absorbing illustrations, young readers will be given an insight into how dinosaurs evolved flight and conquered the skies.


This book is from the Incredible Evolution series, a fascinating, informative collection of books which examine the development of life on eart. Other titles available include: When Plants Took Over the PlanetWhen We Became Humans, and When the Whales Walked.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 210 x 295mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Nov 2022
  • Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Age Group: Ages 9-11
  • ISBN13: 9780711275133

About Jingmai O'Connor

Jingmai OConnor is the Associate Curator of Fossil Reptiles at The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Jingmai grew up in Pasadena CA. She is first generation Chinese and second generation Irish. Jingmais research explores the repeated evolution (and parallel refinement) of flight in the Dinosauria the dinosaur-bird transition and the biology of stem-avians not through any one aspect but exploring Paraves through the evolution of feathers and complex plumages aerodynamics reproduction respiration trophics systematics ontogeny and taxonomy. Taking advantage of the exceptional soft tissue preservation of the Jehol Biota Jingmai seeks to go beyond skeletal anatomy to understand the biology of stem birds and their closest relatives and trace the evolution of modern avian features.Maria Brzozowska was born in 1992 in Poland but spent most of her childhood growing up in Turkey. In 2010 she graduated from Leeds Arts University with a BA in Visual Communication. In 2016 she completed her MFA in Media and Design. She is a visual storyteller who enjoys taking a poetic approach to her art creating new unknown lands. She uses traditional painting techniques aided by digital methods. She also works with childrens storybook publishers and loves illustrating magical and poetic stories.

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