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I really struggle with the idea that dinosaurs and fossils were a discovery in the 1800's. Writers make up anything these days. However, a separate thread is t
by dade_ 7y ago
I really struggle with the idea that dinosaurs and fossils were a discovery in the 1800's. Writers make up anything these days.
However, a separate thread is that these tycoons did create corporate dinosaurs, which is where I assumed the article would go from the headline.
- theli0nheart 7y agoYeah, that claim is most definitely false. You don't need to look very hard to find evidence to the contrary. > Fossils have been visible and common throughout most of natural history, and so documented human interaction with them goes back as far as recorded history, or earlier. > There are many examples of paleolithic stone knives in Europe with fossil echinoderms set precisely at the hand grip, going all the way back to Homo heidelbergensis and neanderthals. They also drilled holes through the center of these round shells and apparently used them as beads for necklaces. ... > Fossils appear to have directly contributed to the mythology of many civilizations, including the ancient Greeks. Classical Greek historian Herodotos wrote of an area near Hyperborea where gryphons protected golden treasure. There was indeed gold mining in that approximate region, where beaked Protoceratops skulls were common as fossils. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil#History_of_the_study_of_fossils https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil#History_of_the_study_of...
- perl4ever 7y agoI remember reading that the legend of the unicorn owes a lot to random finds of narwhal tusks.