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Birds and Us : A 12,000-Year History from Cave Art to Conservation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Birkhead, Tim (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Birds > Social aspects.
Birds > History.
Human-animal relationships.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Plates
  • Preface
  • 1 Of Peculiar Interest: Neolithic Birds
  • 2 Inside the Catacombs: The Birds of Ancient Egypt
  • 3 Talking Birds: The Beginnings of Science in Greece and Rome
  • 4 Manly Pursuits: Hunting and Conspicuous Consumption
  • 5 Renaissance Thinking: The Parts of Birds
  • 6 The New World of Science: Francis Willughby and John Ray Discover Birds
  • 7 Depending on Birds: Inconspicuous Consumption
  • 8 The End of God in Birds: Darwin and Ornithology
  • 9 A Dangerous Type of Bigamy: Killing Time
  • 10 Watching Birds: And Seeing the Light
  • 11 A Boom in Bird Studies: Behaviour, Evolution and Ecology
  • 12 Ghost of the Great Auk: Third Mass Extinction
  • Epilogue
  • List of Birds Mentioned in the Text
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index