Story of Birds (featuring Dr. Steve Brusatte)

About this episode

Daniel and Kelly discuss the evolution of birds with Dr. Steve Brusatte, exploring their connection to dinosaurs and survival after the asteroid impact.

Daniel and Kelly talk to Dr. Steve Brusatte about his new book "The Story of Birds". We discuss if chickens are really dinosaurs, if we know what color dinosaur feathers were, and why birds survived the devastating asteroid collision with Earth while pterosaurs didn't. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel, Kelly

Guest: Dr. Steve Brusatte

Topics covered

• birds
• dinosaurs
• paleontology
• asteroid collision
• evolution

Keywords

• birds
• dinosaurs
• Dr. Steve Brusatte
• The Story of Birds
• paleontology
• asteroid collision
• evolution

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Story of Birds

Places: Earth

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