Key learning points

1. Mary Anning was a famous palaeontologist, known as one of the greatest fossil hunters to have ever lived.
2. Male scientists at the time often did not credit her discoveries because she was a woman from a poor background.
3. Today the Natural History Museum in London showcases several of Mary Anning's spectacular finds.
4. There are still fossils to discover. Anyone could become a fossil hunter!

Keywords

• Fossil - A fossil is the bones or remains of living things that are sometimes preserved in rocks.

• Palaeontologist - A palaeontologist is a scientist who studies fossils and how life on Earth has changed over millions of years.

• Discovered - Discovered is the process of finding information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time, or the thing that is found.

• Evidence - Evidence is information which helps us to prove if something is true or not.

Common misconception