Moa
The dramatic story of the discovery of a giant bird
ISBN 9780143018735 | 250 pages | 01 Sep 2004 | Penguin Global | 7.99 x 5.00in | 18 - AND UP
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The intriguing story of the controversy and personalities behind the discovery of the Moa in the nineteenth century.
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In 1839, on the basis of a single mysterious 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. Despite this being shortly before the time of Darwin and the great evolution debate, many initially thought Owen's claim preposterous.
A huge new bird that couldn't fly? Like an Ostrich? Ridiculous! Owen's piece of bone is the starting point for Richard Wolfe's fascinating story of scientific intrigue and personality clashes in one of the nineteenth century's great natural history discoveries. Chapter 1. An Unpromising Fragment Chapter 2. The Flax Factor Chapter 3. Trade and Exchange Chapter 4. With God on Their Side Chapter 5. Dissension in the Ranks Chapter 6. Give the Man a Bone Chapter 7. The Lone Fragment Chapter 8. Bound for the Antipodes Chapter 9. Fossils, Frogs and Grains of Sand Chapter 10. In Search of Natural Knowledge Chapter 11. Extinguished Features Chapter 12. Creating Monsters Chapter 13. Back to the Bone
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