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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Stories enhance his 2014 history of modern ornithology, Ten Thousand Birds ( co-written with Jo Wimpenny and Bob Montgomerie). The drawing on the left is from 1714, the one on the right is the result of Birkhead’s own dissection. There’s the Neolithic era; Ancient Egypt (bird mummies!);