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Author : Steve Parker
Publisher : Southwater Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 1844767078
Discover how fossils are formed, and where they are found around the world.
Author : Shelley Emling
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780230100978
At a time when women were excluded from science, a young girl made a discovery that marked the birth of paleontology and continues to feed the debate about evolution to this day. Mary Anning was only twelve years old when, in 1811, she discovered the first dinosaur skeleton--of an ichthyosaur--while fossil hunting on the cliffs of Lyme Regis, England. Until Mary's incredible discovery, it was widely believed that animals did not become extinct. The child of a poor family, Mary became a fossil hunter, inspiring the tongue-twister, "She Sells Sea Shells by the Seashore." She attracted the attention of fossil collectors and eventually the scientific world. Once news of the fossils reached the halls of academia, it became impossible to ignore the truth. Mary's peculiar finds helped lay the groundwork for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, laid out in his On the Origin of Species. Darwin drew on Mary's fossilized creatures as irrefutable evidence that life in the past was nothing like life in the present. A story worthy of Dickens, The Fossil Hunter chronicles the life of this young girl, with dirt under her fingernails and not a shilling to buy dinner, who became a world-renowned paleontologist. Dickens himself said of Mary: "The carpenter's daughter has won a name for herself, and deserved to win it." Here at last, Shelley Emling returns Mary Anning, of whom Stephen J. Gould remarked, is "probably the most important unsung (or inadequately sung) collecting force in the history of paleontology," to her deserved place in history.
Author : Jasper Burns
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1991-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0801841453
A lovely and loving piece of work, both an introduction to the hobby of fossil collecting and a beautifully illustrated field guide, with the author's drawings of some 450 fossil specimens and descriptions of 46 specific sites in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia where they can be found. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Adrienne Mayor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691245607
The fascinating story of how the fossils of dinosaurs, mammoths, and other extinct animals influenced some of the most spectacular creatures of classical mythology Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes, and Giants—these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts that have come down to us from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if these beings were more than merely fictions? What if monstrous creatures once roamed the earth in the very places where their legends first arose? This is the arresting and original thesis that Adrienne Mayor explores in The First Fossil Hunters. Through careful research and meticulous documentation, she convincingly shows that many of the giants and monsters of myth did have a basis in fact—in the enormous bones of long-extinct species that were once abundant in the lands of the Greeks and Romans. As Mayor shows, the Greeks and Romans were well aware that a different breed of creatures once inhabited their lands. They frequently encountered the fossilized bones of these primeval beings, and they developed sophisticated concepts to explain the fossil evidence, concepts that were expressed in mythological stories. The legend of the gold-guarding griffin, for example, sprang from tales first told by Scythian gold-miners, who, passing through the Gobi Desert at the foot of the Altai Mountains, encountered the skeletons of Protoceratops and other dinosaurs that littered the ground. Like their modern counterparts, the ancient fossil hunters collected and measured impressive petrified remains and displayed them in temples and museums; they attempted to reconstruct the appearance of these prehistoric creatures and to explain their extinction. Long thought to be fantasy, the remarkably detailed and perceptive Greek and Roman accounts of giant bone finds were actually based on solid paleontological facts. By reading these neglected narratives for the first time in the light of modern scientific discoveries, Adrienne Mayor illuminates a lost world of ancient paleontology.
Author : Charles H. Sternberg
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547636533
"The Life of a Fossil Hunter" by Charles H. Sternberg. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author : Sally M. Walker
Publisher : First Avenue Editions
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781575054575
Describes the life of Mary Anning, who discovered many of the best and most complete fossils in nineteenth-century England, yet received little credit for her work.
Author : Tea Cooper
Publisher : Harper Muse
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781400237975
Buried secrets. An ancient fossil. And one woman’s determination to unravel a nineteenth-century mystery. Australia, 1847. The last thing Mellie Vale remembers before the fever takes her is sprinting through the bush with a monster at her heels—but no one believes her. In a bid to curb Mellie’s overactive imagination, her benefactors send her to visit a family friend, Anthea Winstanley. Anthea is an amateur paleontologist convinced she will one day find proof that great sea dragons swam in the vast inland sea that covered her property millions of years ago. Mellie is instantly swept up in the dream. 1919. Penelope Jane Martindale arrives home from the battlefields of World War I intent on making peace with her father and commemorating the deaths of her two younger brothers in the trenches. Her reception is disappointing. Desperate for a distraction, she finds a connection between a fossil at London’s Natural History Museum and her brothers’ favorite camping spot—also the last place they were seen before falsifying their ages to join the army. But the gorge has a sinister reputation: seventy years ago, several girls disappeared from the area. So when P. J. uncovers some unexpected remains, the past seems to be reaching into the present. She’s determined to find answers about what happened all those years ago . . . and perhaps some closure on the loss of her brothers. USA TODAY bestselling and Daphne du Maurier award-winning author Full-length historical mystery Stand-alone novel Includes discussion questions for book clubs
Author : Katherine L. Rogers
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Dinosaurs
ISBN : 0878424040
Science meets the great outdoors in this personal perspective of the Sternbergs, Charles and his three sons--George, Charlie and Levi--who formed the world's first family-run fossil-hunting business. From the late 1800s through the mid-1900s, the Sternber
Author : Tristan Poehlmann
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781532176197
Fossil Huntersshowcases the scientists who have discovered incredible fossils in deserts, rocky cliffs, underwater caves, and other locations all around the world. Features include vivid photos, in-depth examinations of scientific concepts, a glossary, additional resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author : Jill Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fossils
ISBN : 096876391X
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0992997992
Author : Richard Spilsbury
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781515782605
Living beings have roamed our planet for millions of years. Many species from long ago have since become extinct, which doesn't allow us to observe them today. However, thanks to the adventurous work of some amazing fossil hunters we can study the fossils of these ancient species. Learn all about archaeologists and their incredible discoveries from tiny insects to giant sharks.
Author : P. J. Whybrow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000-04-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521663014
Travels with the Fossil Hunters tells twelve stories of expeditions to remote parts of the world in search of diverse fossils such as dinosaurs and human ancestors. Palaeontologists relate the problems and curiosities they encounter whilst working in extreme conditions, from the deserts of the Sahara and Yemen to the frozen wastes of Antarctica, from the mountains of India to the forests of Latvia. They tell us what field expeditions are really like: dodging bullets in West Africa or rabid dogs in Pakistan, surviving yak-butter tea in Tibet or raw fish in China. Along the way they also describe the palaeontology and geology of the countries they visit and the scientific reasons for their expeditions. Copiously illustrated with spectacular colour photographs and with a foreword from David Attenborough and an introduction from Richard Fortey, this fascinating book will appeal to anyone interested in travelling and fossils, amateurs and professionals alike.
Author : Cheryl Blackford
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780358396024
“This in-depth, beautifully illustrated biography of Mary Anning sings with the passion and perseverance of the woman herself, who from girlhood on scoured the shifting cliffs of her native Dorset to dig out prehistoric mysteries and make sense of them—altering forever our view of the past.” —Joyce Sidman, Newbery Honor winner and Sibert Medal winner A fascinating, highly visual biography of Mary Anning, the Victorian fossil hunter who changed scientific thinking about prehistoric life and would become one of the most celebrated paleontologists of all time. Perfect for children learning about woman scientists like Ada Lovelace, Jane Goodall, and Katherine Johnson. Mary Anning grew up on the south coast of England in a region rich in fossils. As teenagers, she and her brother Joseph discovered England’s first complete ichthyosaur. Poor and uneducated, Anning would become one of the most celebrated paleontologists ever, though in her time she supported herself selling by fossils and received little formal recognition. Her findings helped shape scientific thinking about extinction and prehistoric life long before Darwin published his famous work on evolution. With engaging text, photographs, and stunning paleoart, Fossil Hunter introduces this self-taught scientist, now recognized as one of the greatest fossilists the world has ever known.
Author : Ben Morgan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781465440723
Become a rockstar with your own collection of gems, fossils, and rocks. Explore the incredible world of rocks with this amazing activity book for children. From creating your own volcano to growing gemstones at home, Rock and Fossil Hunter is filled with fun activities for curious young minds. With more than 30 projects, this book is ideal to keep children busy. Test the hardness of different rocks, make paint from minerals, discover the minerals in everyday objects around you and conduct acid tests on some of them, and even explore extraordinary minerals that glow under special lights. Each activity is accompanied by detailed step-by-step instructions that are easy to follow and a special symbol indicates which activities require adult supervision. Find out how fossils are made and learn how to not only spot them in nature but make fake fossil bones at home. Get building, testing, and learning with this fantastic book made for curious kids.