Prehistoric Fossil May Have Inspired Greek Myths
Discovery News [USA], Mar 31, 2011
The bone of a large extinct creature, once treasured by the ancient
Greeks, has finally found a permanent home in England. Known as the
Nichoria bone, the blackened fossil is part of the thigh bone of an
immense extinct mammal that roamed southern Greece perhaps a million
years ago. The bone was collected by ancient Greeks and may have even
helped inspire certain beasts in Greek classical mythology. It was then
rediscovered 40 years ago. Since then the fossil had largely vanished
from the public eye. "It was presumed lost until 1998. Following my
inquiries, the fossil was found stored in a cellar at the University of
Minnesota. It then spent last decade in various U.S. labs," Adrienne
Mayor, a research scholar in Classics and History of Science at Stanford
University, told Discovery News. The historic fossil has been welcomed
by curators at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England.
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/fossil-ancient-greeks-mammal-110331.html
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