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PAUL WIENER's avatar

Readers of this column, and all birders, might be interested in the recently published, fascinating, wonderfully illustrated bird guide: Birds of the Mesozoic, by Juan Benito (Princeton Field Guides)

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Robert Francis's avatar

This looks incredible!

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jim wright's avatar

Great stuff as always.

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Robert Francis's avatar

Thanks Jim!

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Chad Crouch's avatar

Fascinating piece! Humans arriving in the Americas 16,000 years ago might deserve an asterisk as the "Clovis First" theory now seems to be outdated. (Rimrock Draw rockshelter >18,000, White Sands footprints: 23,000...Still some debate about Chiquihuite Cave: 30,000)

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Robert Francis's avatar

Thanks, Chad! There are all sorts of asterisks on the dates in this piece. I cut back a couple paragraphs where I added more details about how, where, and when they might have first arrived. The possibility of another 5-10,000 years of human history in North America is really thrilling!

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