

Scientists throwing shade over bird origins since the Mesozoic.
The long running, often bitter scientific debate over the origin of birds and the evolution of flight.
Direction
Davis turns taxonomy disputes into genuine tension.
Production
Reconstructions of feathered dinos aged surprisingly well.

Director
Mark Davis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sankar Chatterjee discovered Protoavis in 1986, claiming it predated Archaeopteryx by 75 million years—still controversial today.
This aired during the 'Jurassic Park' era when feathered dinosaurs seemed radical; Jurassic World still ignored them in 2015.
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