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    Dec 04, 2021 3 minutes

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    How Birds Evolve: What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity

    By Douglas J. Futuyma, Princeton University Press, 2021, hardcover, 320 pages, $29.95.

    When you watch birds for any length of time, you’re sure to have questions. Why are male cardinals bright red? Why do starlings gather in enormous flocks? Why are some species flightless?

    Douglas J. Futuyma’s terrific new book answers these questions and many more through a detailed explanation of avian evolution. The author, a world authority on evolution and an avid birder, explores how the processes looks at how distinguishing features like plumage, song, feeding adaptations, and more came to be.

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