Comparing a backyard sparrow to a fearsome velociraptor seems odd, but <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/the-long-history-of-birds-from-velociraptors-to-pigeons?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">modern birds</a> are indeed living dinosaurs. Scientists are finding more and more connections between the past physiology of dinos and the present physiology of birds. 
Joining Ira Flatow to talk about some forgotten species from the past tens of millions of years—think gorilla-sized penguins—is Steve Brusatte, paleontologist and author of “The Story of Birds: A New History from their Dinosaur Origins to the Present.”
Read an excerpt from <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/story-of-birds-book-steve-brusatte?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“The Story of Birds”</a>
Guest: 
Dr. Steve Brusatte is a paleontologist and author of “The Story of Birds: A New History from their Dinosaur Origins to the Present.” He’s based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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