Bibliograph

Birds and us, a 12,000 year history, from cave art to conservation, Tim Birkhead

Type

Label

Birds and us, a 12,000 year history, from cave art to conservation, Tim Birkhead

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Birds and us

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Tim Birkhead

Sub title

a 12,000 year history, from cave art to conservation

Summary

In "Birds and Us", ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on an epic and dazzling journey through our 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 far-flung expeditions to Neolithic caves in Spain and the guillemot colonies of the Faroe Islands, this ambitious book is the culmination of a lifetime's research and unforgettably demonstrates how birds shaped us, and how we have shaped them

Target audience

adult

Creator