The First Fossil Hunters

by Adrienne Mayor | Released on

Publisher : Princeton University Press

ISBN-13 : 0691150133

Page : 361 pages

Rating : 4.5/5 from 133 voters

Originally published in 2000 with the subtitle: Paleontology in Greek and Roman times.

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