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 The First Fossil Hunters, Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times Adrienne Mayor • Peter Dodson (Introduction) HISTORY • 2000 • HARD COVER • 344 PAGES
Griffins, Giants Centaurs -- the stuff of myth, or an early attempt to explain fossil skeletons? In this provocative book, folklorist Mayor argues that there is good evidence that the monsters of Greek and Roman myth were based on the knowledge of real fossils.
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