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Since the dawn of human history birds have stirred our imagination inspiring and challenging our ideas about science faith art and philosophy
Looking to the skies above we have variously worshipped them as gods hunted them for sustenance adorned ourselves in their feathers studied their wings to engineer flight and more recently attempted to protect them
In Birds and Us awardwinning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on an epic and dazzling journey through this mutual history with birds from the ibises mummified and deified by Ancient Egyptians to Renaissance experiments on woodpecker anatomy from Victorian obsessions with egg collecting to the present fight to save endangered species and restore their habitats
Weaving in stories from his own life as a scientist including farflung expeditions to wondrous Neolithic caves in Spain and the bustling guillemot colonies of the Faroe Islands this rich and fascinating book is the culmination of a lifetimes research and unforgettably shows how birds shaped us and how we have shaped them
Tim Birkhead 2022 P Penguin Audio 2022
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