Strange Science: The Rocky Road to Modern Paleontology and Biology
A collection of misguided attempts to explain natural history, including honest and dishonest mistakes about dinosaurs, mammals and sea monsters
There are pictures and illustrations along the way and you will learn some fascinating facts, like that the Cyclops myth derived from early discoveries of an elephant skull because the ancient Greeks assumed the nasal cavity was an eye socket in a giant's head.
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