Finding fossils frequently for financial funding was Mary Anning’s sole source of income for most of her life, but she didn’t just find and sell fossils - she was one of the most accomplished palaeontologists of her time. Unfortunately she was also a woman, more specifically a woman from a lower class background, which meant that she did not receive the formal recognition she deserved in her lifetime.

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References and Further Reading 

https://www.famousscientists.org/mary-anning/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Anning
https://www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/collection/mary-anning/
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/mary-anning-unsung-hero.html
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/anning.html
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/when-was-first-dinosaur-discovered/
http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2016/09/ancient-egyptians-collected-fossils.html
https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/evolution/question609.htm



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