First Fossil Hunters
by Adrienne Mayor · first published 2011
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There is a very good book called "The First Fossil Hunters" that deals with discovery and interpretation of fossils in antiquity. Bones of large prehistoric mammals were frequently dug up and displayed as "giants." Some of the more esoteric animals in Herodotus…
on “Did Neanderthals go to war with our ancestors?” ↗Quick quote from Wikipedia (via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon#Myth_origins): "In her book The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times (2000), Adrienne Mayor argues that some stories of dragons may have been inspired by ancient discoveries of fossils belonging to dinosaurs and other…
on “What caused the hallucinations of the Oracle of Delphi?” ↗The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times Paperback – March 27, 2011 Griffins, Cyclopes, Monsters, and Giants--these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern…
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