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

10,000 Birds

There’s the Neolithic era; Ancient Egypt (bird mummies!); The 32-page insert of color plates presents 63 images of paintings, book plates, mosaics, photographs, and a map, culled from Wikipedia Commons and other sources. The drawing on the left is from 1714, the one on the right is the result of Birkhead’s own dissection.