The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times cover
The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times
by Adrienne Mayor
ISBN: 0691150133
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jdminhbg · 2020-11-06 · Original thread
There is a very good book called "The First Fossil Hunters" that deals with discovery and interpretation of fossils in antiquity. Bones of large prehistoric mammals were frequently dug up and displayed as "giants." Some of the more esoteric animals in Herodotus are probably actually references to fossilized dinosaurs.

https://www.amazon.com/First-Fossil-Hunters-Dinosaurs-Mammot...