The Untold History of Earth: Hobbits Really Existed, Dinosaurs Had Feathers, and Yetis Roamed Our Planet
History Unplugged Podcast
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What Is the Beowolf Effect?
The beowolf effect is the discovery that dinosaurs had feathers because a fossil was found, and it could have not been found. We're really at the mercy of a discovery, which means we've lost a lot of history. The vast majority of texts from the ancient world are mediaeval copies that a monk was copying in a scriptorium. So we know enough to know that there's a lot that we've lost, and we don't have a so anyway, could you talk about what is the beowolf Effect?
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