The First Dinosaur: How Science Solved the Greatest Mystery on Earth, Lendler Ian

An outstanding case study in how science is actually done: funny, nuanced, and perceptive. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Join early scientists as they piece together one of humanitys greatest puzzles--the fossilized bones of the first dinosaur

Dinosaurs existed. Thats a fact we accept today. But not so long ago, the concept that these giant creatures could have roamed Earth millions of years before humans was unfathomable. People thought what we know as dinosaur bones were the bones of giant humans. Of large elephants. Of angels, even.