It really baffles me that non of the great minds before that period knew they existed
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Fossils and have been found for thousands of years, but were frequently chalked up to myths and legends (often because it’s very rare to find a complete skeleton). What’s more recent is the act of _exploratory_ digging, just to see what you find, as well as cooperative efforts to try and understand each others’ findings. In the just couple of hundred years, this has led to insights into what kind of creatures used to live on earth.
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