Creating the Proavis: Bird origins in the art and science of Gerhard Heilman, 1913-1926

Visiting lecturer: Dr. Christopher J. Ries, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Geological Museum. Between 1912 and 1916, the Danish artist and graphic designer Gerhard Heilmann published a series of articles in the journal of the Danish Ornithological Society. From the outset, his work aroused international interest, and in 1926 it was published in English under the title "The origin of birds," setting the international agenda for research in bird evolution for the next 40 years. Free, everyone welcome.