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When did paleontology and geography really become sciences and what did humans think of fossils and dinosaur bones before those sciences even existed?

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Dinosaurs Were Discovered By British Scientists:
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“As far as we know, Tyrannosaurus rex never stalked its prey through what is now the United Kingdom. Likewise, Diplodocus apparently never once set foot on British shores – despite a Diplodocus skeleton being prominently featured in the entrance hall of the UK's Natural History Museum."

When Was The First Dinosaur Discovered?:
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“Way back in 1676, Robert Plot, the curator of an English museum, described and drew a thigh bone that he believed belonged to a giant man."

What Was The First Dinosaur Ever Found?:
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“People have been finding dinosaur fossils for hundreds of years, probably even thousands of years. There are references to "dragon" bones found in Wucheng, Sichuan, China (written by Chang Qu) over 2,000 years ago; these were probably dinosaur fossils."

Why A Pterosaur Is Not A Dinosaur:
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“Earlier this week paleontologists Mark Witton and Michael Habib published a new study in PLoS One on how pterosaurs—particularly large forms such as
Quetzalcoatlus—took to the air."

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