Birds and Us
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  • Published: 3 March 2022
  • ISBN: 9780241990148
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 464
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Birds and Us

A 12,000 Year History, from Cave Art to Conservation

Formats & editions
Paperback
11 Jul 2023
EBook
3 Mar 2022
Audiobook
3 Mar 2022
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A sweeping and lyrical history of the relationship between birdlife and humankind over twelve millennia, exploring how birds have captured our imaginations and inspired our culture and our science.

In Birds and Us, award-winning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on an epic and dazzling journey through this mutual history with birds, from the ibises mummified and deified by Ancient Egyptians to Renaissance experiments on woodpecker anatomy, from Victorian obsessions with egg collecting to the present fight to save endangered species and restore their habitats.

Weaving in stories from his own life as a scientist, including far-flung expeditions to wondrous Neolithic caves in Spain and the bustling guillemot colonies of the Faroe Islands, this rich and fascinating book is the culmination of a lifetime's research and unforgettably shows how birds shaped us, and how we have shaped them.
  • Published: 3 March 2022
  • ISBN: 9780241990148
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 464
Categories:

About the author

Tim Birkhead

Tim Birkhead is an award-winning author, scientist and university lecturer. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and Emeritus Professor of Zoology in the School of Biosciences at the University of Sheffield.