Dinosaurs and Paleontology (Study of Fossils and Prehistoric Life)
The Philadelphia area has played a major part in paleontology, the study of past life through fossils, yielding discoveries that have helped to illuminate millions of years of existence. In the early 1800s, Philadelphia became the birthplace of vertebrate paleontology, the study of ancient backboned animals, and the Academy of Natural Sciences became a hub for paleontological work. The unearthing ...