Abstract
<p> In Where Song Began , Tim Low tells us</p><p>that he decided to write the book because of</p><p>one opposite of song: silence ; the silence of</p><p>the ornithological community about the recent</p><p>revolution in our understanding of birds.</p><p>For most of the Twentieth Century, it was</p><p>believed that birds originated in Europe. There</p><p>was good reason for this: the oldest known bird,</p><p>which looked much like a dinosaur, is Archaeopteryx</p><p>lithographica , described by Meyer in</p><p>1861. It lived in Germany during the Jurassic,</p><p>150 million years ago and no older, uncontestable</p><p>bird fossils have ever been found.</p>
Highlights
In Where Song Began, Tim Low tells us that he decided to write the book because of one opposite of song: silence; the silence of the ornithological community about the recent revolution in our understanding of birds
New Zealand is a good example of huge historical change in bird communities
Sea-adapted feet and wings prevent seabirds from nesting on trees: chicks only survive in habitats that are free of the advanced mammal predators that can capture them in ground nests
Summary
In Where Song Began, Tim Low tells us that he decided to write the book because of one opposite of song: silence; the silence of the ornithological community about the recent revolution in our understanding of birds. Low believes that the scientific community has been too slow in adapting its views to the new evidence, and he is probably quite right. New Zealand is a good example of huge historical change in bird communities.
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