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Amazon.com ReviewSince fossils have presumably existed for millions of years, why don't we see much paleontological thought from ancient writers Classics scholar Adrienne Mayor suggests that we can, in fact, learn much about the Greek and Roman attitudes toward fossils if we turn to a surprising source of data and theory: their myths. In The First Fossil Hunters, she explores likely connections between the rich fossil beds around the Mediterranean and tales of griffins and giants originating in the classical world. Striking similarities exist between the Protoceratops skeletons of the Gobi Desert and the legends of the gold-hoarding griffin told by nomadic people of the region, and the fossilized remains of giant Miocene mammals could be taken for the heroes and monsters of earlier times. Mayor makes her case well, but, as with all interpretive science, the arguments are inconclusive. Still, her novel reading of ancient myth--and her critique of the modern scientific mythology that seeks to explain the lack of classical paleontological thinking--is compelling and thought-provoking. The final chapter of The First Fossil Hunters is an engrossing and occasionally quite funny look at "Paleontological Fictions" dating back several thousand years; the false tritons and centaurs give P.T. Barnum and his successors a much longer genealogy than previously thought. Whether or not you accept Mayor's analysis of Greek and Roman thinking, The First Fossil Hunters should open your eyes to new possibilities about our distant past. --Rob Lightner First Fossil Hunters Paleontology In Greek And Roman Times First Fossil Hunters Paleontology In Greek And Roman Times Download First ... first fossil hunters paleontology in greek and roman times the first fossil hunters: ... The First Fossil Hunters Paleontology In Greek And Roman ... The First Fossil Hunters Paleontology In Greek And Roman Times Adrienne Mayor Download The ... The First Fossil Hunters Paleontology In Greek And Roman Times Adrienne ... The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman ... The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times by Adrienne Mayor Peter Dodson ... "The First Fossil Hunters brings together mythology ... The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman ... The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and ... Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times. ... In The First Fossil Hunters Adrienne Mayor presents an ... Mayor A.: The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek ... ... Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times by Mayor ... Description of the book The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times by Mayor ... The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman ... Buy The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman ... Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times ... and Roman thinking The First Fossil Hunters ... First Fossil Hunters Paleontology In Greek And Roman Times First Fossil Hunters Paleontology In Greek And Roman Times Related Entry ... first fossil hunters paleontology in greek and roman times the first fossil hunters: ... The First Fossil Hunters Paleontology In Greek And Roman ... The First Fossil Hunters Paleontology In Greek And Roman Times Adrienne Mayor Download The ... the first fossil hunters paleontology in greek and roman ...
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