Are modern birds dinosaurs?

Steven Rinella talks with paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and author, Steve Brusatte.

Topics discussed: The Story of Birds is out now!; Steve's other best selling books on The Rise and Reign of Mammals and The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs; why birds are dinosaurs; the odds of something becoming a fossil; the physical traits, adaptations, and eating habits that helped early birds survive; and more.  

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