How were Dinosaur fossils only discovered in the 1800’s? Did no one prior to this time period come across them?

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How were Dinosaur fossils only discovered in the 1800’s? Did no one prior to this time period come across them?

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Dinosaur fossils were “discovered” a couple of hundred years ago by European science guys who wrote about what they saw. Other people had been strolling past them for eons but just whistled and pointed.