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FINDING FOSSILS How are prehistoric remains uncovered and what can scientists learn from them? How It Works digs up the facts…
Ever since Mary Anning first began piecing together the fossils of Jurassic beasts in the early-19th century, scientists have been learning more and more about the dinosaurs that ruled the world millions of years ago. Buried deep beneath the ground for aeons, the remains of countless extinct creatures
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are waiting to be unearthed by palaeontologists, who can gradually unlock their secrets. Dinosaurs and other prehistoric fossils have been discovered around the world for thousands of years, with reports of ‘dragon bones’ found in China more likely indicating some of the earliest dino finds. However, it wasn’t until the brilliant
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scientists of the Enlightenment in the late-18th and early-19th centuries that it became clear just how old these ancient skeletons really were. Before long, fossil hunting became an obsession for naturalists and amateurs alike, with the strange extinct ‘lizards’ being discovered at sites all over the globe. WWW.HOWITWORKSDAILY.COM
