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Anthropology

IamFortunesFool

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1. Dragons were what ancient man called dinosaur fossils

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Apr 13, 2019, 02:09 AM

Apr 2019

Ancient man lacked the science to understand fossils for what they are, instead interprering them to be the bones of otherwise living animals. In fact, dinosaur fossils are likely the source of all manner of legends about giants and monsters.

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