Explore the early 19th-century intellectual debate over dinosaur fossils, tracing the discoveries of Mary Anning, Gideon Mantel, and William Buckland leading to identification of the megalosaurus, shedding light on how ancient civilizations perceived dinosaur bones as mythical creatures like griffins and dragons.
UnHerd's Giles Fraser chats to author and historian Michael Taylor about his new book ‘Impossible Monsters’, and what the war between rationalism and religion have to tell us about our future...
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