Ten Birds That Changed the World — a review
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2023
They were barely mentioned in The Voyage of the Beagle and not at all in On the Origin of Species. Basic Books, New York, $30 U.S., Later it was thought that the widely varying beak sizes and types of those phenotypes inspired Darwin’s insights, a la Newton and his apple. Maybe Moss is right, and birds have changed history.
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