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Bookmark or Share- folklore - University of CambridgeWomen’s working conditions increased the odds of them being suspected as witches, according to a new analysis of an English astrologer’s case files...
- 'Picture This #13' Mary Anning's Ichthyosaur, Sedgwick MuseumMary Anning’s life and work is the subject of the book ‘Jurassic Mary: Mary Anning and the primeval sea monsters’ by Patricia Pierce, and also forms the basis for the novel ‘Remarkable Creatures’ by Tracy Chevalier.
- Earth’s earliest sea creatures drove evolution by stirring the water ...3D reconstructions suggest that simple marine animals living over 560 million years ago drove the emergence of more complex life by mixing the seawater around
- Mammals vs dinosaurs | University of CambridgeIn the Permian period, for example (roughly 298 to 252 million years ago), we have evidence of animals such as Gorgonopsids - large, carnivorous, four-legged monsters with long, sabre-like fangs, strong rear legs, and a vaulted palate that allowed them to breathe when they grabbed their prey. The biggest was roughly the size of a large bear.
- What is a monster? - University of CambridgeMaking monsters added value. They were commercially lucrative things: oddities, curiosities and rare things were very marketable. The market for monstrosity motivated the literal creation of monsters: 'mermaids' were assembled from pieces of fish, monkeys and other objects while 'ray-dragons' were created from carefully mutilated and dried rays.
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