How It Works-Book Of Dinosaurs

Ever since Mary Anning first began

piecing together the fossils of Jurassic

beasts in the early nineteenth 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

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

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, w ith the

strange extinct ‘lizards’ being discovered at sites

all over the globe.

Finding

fossils

How are prehistoric remains uncovered and what can scientists

learn from them? Let us dig up the facts...

DINOSAURS’ LEGACY

Finding fossils