Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
This is “the deep cradle of Western ornithology: the birthplace of bird study,” he tells us as he writes about gazing at the 8,000-year old depictions of “flamingos, herons, raptors, avocets and many other species” (p. There’s the Neolithic era; Ancient Egypt (bird mummies!); The images tie directly to the text.
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