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Unlike Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight by Pat Shipman, which was a relatively unbiased view of all the major hypotheses about bird evolution, this book by Luis Chiappe, one of the leading researchers in the field, unflinchingly puts forth his view that birds are indeed descended from dinosaurs, more specifically, maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs. He acknowledges—very briefly—the opposing hypotheses and then proceeds to submit evidence as to why they are most likely incorrect.Shipman leaned in his direction in her 1998 book, and since then many new bird and bird-like fossil discoveries have been made, mostly in China, which appear to support Chiappes views.Despite the fact that the book is loaded with amazing color photographs and illustrations, one would be wrong to assume that this near coffee-table quality book is aimed at the general audience. It is and it isnt. Chiappe assumes that his readers already have a solid understanding of anatomy and general familiarity with dinosaur paleontology. So such terms as supracoracoid and Ornithischia are not defined. Still, even for a lay reader such as myself, these bumps in the road do not detract much from the ride and you get the message from the context. It seems the target audience is intended to be educators needing either a reference or text to help them lecture on the latest thinking in this fast growing field of inquiry.Once Chiappe makes his case for the general ancestry of birds he takes you on a fascinating tour from the oldest known bird, Archaeopteryx, through progressively more modern birds, many that have only recently come to light in the field, pointing out the minute changes that take place leading to more and more modern bird-like form and function. It wasnt long ago that the genealogical tree for birds was quite sparse, with few branches between Archaeopteryx and modern birds. By the end of the book the cladogram for Aves has become rather bush-like thanks to many new fossil discoveries in China, South America, Mongolia and elsewhere.I was particularly pleased to read a short section where Chiappe puts forth a hypothesis that I felt was missing from Shipmans book, and that is that the very first birds like Archaeopteryx probably took flight from the ground by running and flapping their wings (the way an albatross, cormorant or goose takes off). Chiappe and an associate found that Archaeopteryx could have tripled its groundspeed as its wings gradually took the burden of its legs. Previous hypotheses about trees-down vs. ground-up take-off did not take into account this idea.Whereas the Shipman book was more about the origin of flight in birds, Chiappes book is more about the full genealogical history of birds. Its a beautiful book, a pleasure just to hold in your hands.
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