Birds in the age of dinosaurs -- How fossils are formed -- A dinosaur or a bird? -- Tracing birds back to theropods -- The earliest bird? -- Archaeopteryx is dethroned -- Meet Confuciusornis -- Prehistoric seabirds -- The terror birds of South America -- Modern birds appear -- Learning to fly -- An amazing find in amber -- A new species -- The hunt continues.
Summary
Discusses how modern birds were descended from the dinosaurs and looks at several examples of bird fossils from China and the United States which show this connection.
