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

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Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. Colonialism and appropriation of knowledge is discussed in Chapter 6, The New World of Science.

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Birding Kota Kinabalu, Borneo: Rice Paddies

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His combined roles are exemplary of a tendency in Hinduism to see complementary qualities in a single ambiguous figure”, Brittanica ), and who are the Brahmans (members of the highest Hindu caste, that of the priesthood, Oxford Reference ). No further follow-on questions (“What doe Hindu mean?

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