[PDF.74zn] The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times.

The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times.

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 | #1503191 in Books |  Princeton University Press |  2001-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .93 x6.16 x9.24l,1.20 | File type: PDF | 384 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Important, interesting theory of how ancients viewed fossil finds.|By Customer|There was a TV documentary based on this book, which I found fascinating. I looked for the book, a textbook admittedly, and was happy to find it here. The author documents ancient references to fossils and includes extensive notes and appendices. These references are especially convincing in supp|.com |Since 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

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 Fir...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times.   |  Adrienne Mayor. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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