A rare, contemporary biography of pioneering scientist Mary Anning, has been unearthed and published. The four-page document was written by fellow resident of Lyme Regis in Dorset, George Roberts.

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Lyme Regis has been a bucolic seaside resort for the English upperclass since the late 18th century. It was common for locals to supplement their incomes by selling small fossil curiosities obtained ...

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Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Legend has it that the inspiration for the tongue-twister ‘She sells seashells...' was a woman called ...

Mary Anning has been part of paleontology's history since its very beginning. Yet this inspiring character's childhood remains largely unfamiliar to the public. A self-taught English fossil collector, ...

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