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In 1811, Mary Anning discovered the first ever dinosaur skeleton and became a fossil hunter, attracting the attention of the scientific world. Until then, it was believed that animals did not become extinct, but the bizarre nature of the fossils Anning found made it impossible to ignore the truth about evolution.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #206383 in Books
• Published on: 2009-08-21
• Released on: 2009-08-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .89" h x 6.52" w x 9.58" l, 1.00 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

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Review
"Emling writes with a style that makes "The Fossil Hunter" very hard to put down before reaching the last page."--"Winnepeg Free Press" "Readable, journalistic, Emling's amply footnoted book skillfully puts Anning's work into the scientific and sociological context." --"The New York Times" "Released just weeks after Tracy Chevalier's fictional account of Anning's life, Emling's account pays tribute to Anning in an original and gripping historical biography." --"Financial Times" "Dinosaurs are astonishing today -- and we've had several hundred years of biology to help us absorb the shock. Imagine the shock caused by these monster creatures discovered and presented by a poor, twelve-year old girl, in the early 19th century. This is the remarkable story that Emling tells so well, evoking a world far from ours that in just a few years took a destitute pre-teen scavenging the crumbling cliffs of Lyme Regis to the pages of the leading scientific journals of her time." -- Peter Galison, author of Einstein's Clock's and Poincare's Maps and Joseph Pellegrino University Professor, Harvard University

"Shelley Emling vividly brings to life the fascinating story of Mary Anning, the greatest fossil hunter of the early nineteenth century. Anning single-handedly recovered an extraordinary collection of fossils of marine and flying reptiles that helped shape the way we now see the incredibly long history of life on Earth. With this enjoyable book, Emling gives Anning her deserved place in history." --Hans Sues, Associate Director of Research and Collections, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

""The Fossil Hunter "at long last brings to life one of the central figures in the early golden age of paleontological discovery -- a woman of great diligence, and passion, and with a keen eye for fossil bone in the rock. As a young child, I was greatly inspired by Mary Anning. As an adult, working paleontologist, I remain so, a conviction doubtless reinforced by Sh

About the Author

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.