The Fossil Hunter by Shelley Emling
In 1811, when she was only twelve years old, Mary Anning discovered the first dinosaur skeleton - of an ichthyosaur - while fossil hunting on the cliffs of Lyme Regis. Mary, the child of a poor family, became a fossil hunter, selling her discoveries and attracting the attention of fossil collectors and eventually the scientific world. Until Mary's discovery, it was widely believed that animals did not become extinct. But the bizarre nature of the fossils Mary found made it impossible to ignore the truth, sparking the conversation about evolution carried on by scientists from Charles Darwin to Stephen Jay Gould.
SHELLEY EMLING has been a journalist for twenty years, her work has appeared in The New York Times, Fortune, Slate, and The International Herald Tribune. She lives in London, UK.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780230611566 |
| ISBN 10 | 0230611567 |
| Title | The Fossil Hunter |
| Author | Shelley Emling |
| Series | Macmillan Science |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year published | 2009-08-21 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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