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

by Tim Birkhead

Book Overview

From award-winning author and ornithologist Tim Birkhead, a sweeping history of the long and close relationship between birds and humans

Since the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about science, faith, art, and philosophy. We have worshipped birds as gods, hunted them for sustenance, adorned ourselves with their feathers, studied their wings to engineer flight, and, more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691239924
• ISBN13: 9780691239927
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.4"