Moa : The dramatic story of the discovery of a giant bird

moa : the dramatic story of the discovery of a giant bird

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Moa : The dramatic story of the discovery of a giant bird

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The intriguing story of the controversy and personality clashes behind the discovery of the moa in the nineteenth century. In 1839, on the basis of a single fragment of bone from the other side of the world, the great English anatomist Richard Owen reached the conclusion that it came from an unknown gigantic flightless bird. Many initially thought Owen's claim preposterous. Owen's piece of bone is the starting point for Richard Wolfe's fascinating story behind one of the nineteenth century's great natural history discoveries.

Moa: The dramatic story of the discovery of a giant bird,Richard Wolfe,Penguin Global,0143018736,Paleontology,Science,Science/Mathematics,Birds (ornithology),New Zealand,Palaeozoology,Science / General

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