Table of Contents

The doctor's lucky find; the missing link; the feathered enigma; the hard bargain; evolutionary rivals; the eagle has landed; making sense of it all; the toothed birds; a second specimen; the origin of birds; the wilderness years; dinosaurs of a feather; a demonized fossil; a new flock of fossil birds; Archaeoraptor - the Piltdown bird.

About the Author

Paul Chambers has a PhD in Micropalaeontology from University College, London, and has worked in London's Natural History Museum. He is now a freelance writer and scientific consultant and has just finished working on the sequel to the BBC's successful 'Walking With Dinosaurs' series.