The 78-year-old is just one of Britain’s prolific fossil hunters, all searching for the find of a lifetime. If your idea of fossil-finding expeditions is dog walkers on the beach with a hammer ...
How to get started Choosing the right location is the first step in a successful fossil hunt. Once you’re in a good spot, fossil hunting is a relatively easy hobby to get the hang of. Isle of Wight ...
Over the years, men and women slowly became more equal, and I became celebrated as one of the greatest fossil hunters that ever lived. Mary Anning was born on 21 May 1799. She lived in the English ...
He called on fellow fossil hunters to help him recover the bones - thought to be between 650,000 and 800,000 years old - and said future storms could uncover more of the skeleton. "No one has ...
Russian fossil hunters customarily use pressurized water to wash away the earth entombing mammoth bones. Now the only possible water source was a tiny pool a hundred yards distant, which meant ...
Early fossil hunters sometimes resorted to dynamite to blast the rocks apart to get to the bones. Once closer to the bone bed, palaeontologists switch to smaller tools such as trowels, brushes and ...
The fossil hunters used angle grinders and rock saws to extract fossils Fossil collectors have been using angle grinders and rock saws to excavate large ammonites from a protected beach.
WHILE Dorset's Jurassic Coast is the country's most well-known spot for fossil hunting, there are other parts of the UK where Brits can live out their Jurassic Park fantasies. One of those places ...