Moa : the dramatic story of the discovery of a giant bird / Richard Wolfe.
Moa : the dramatic story of the discovery of a giant bird / Richard Wolfe.
Moa : the dramatic story of the discovery of a giant bird / Richard Wolfe.
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Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin Books, 2003.
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2003.
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N568.50993/1
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English
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249 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Contents
Introduction : on the wings of a moa -- Ch. 1. An unpromising fragment -- Ch. 2. The flax factor -- Ch. 3. Trade and exchange -- Ch. 4. With God on their side -- Ch. 5. Dissension in the ranks -- Ch. 6. Give the man a bone -- Ch. 7. The lone fragment -- Ch. 8. Bound for the Antipodes -- Ch. 9. Fossi...
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Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin Books, 2003.
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2003.
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"In 1839, on the basis of a single mysterious fragment of bone from the other side of the world, the great English anatomist Richard Owen reached the conclusion that it came from an unknown gigantic flightless bird. Despite this being shortly before it is time of Darwin and the great evolution debate, many initially thought Owen's claim preposterou...
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Moa : the dramatic story of the discovery of a giant bird / Richard Wolfe.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-238) and index.
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N568.50993/1
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0143018736 (pbk.)
9780143018735 (pbk.)
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568.50993
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991017765749702626
