Dinosaurs of Ancient Africa: Lost Giants, Mysterious Fossils and New Scientific Discoveries (Part 2)
Dinosaurs of Ancient Africa: Lost Giants, Mysterious Fossils and New Scientific Discoveries (Part 2) Category: Science & Nature What if some of the greatest dinosaur discoveries in Earth's history are still waiting beneath the African landscape? Across Africa, enormous prehistoric animals once walked through ancient forests, crossed river systems and inhabited environments that have completely disappeared. Their remains are preserved in rocks, deserts, mountains and geological formations that continue to attract scientists from around the world. Although famous dinosaur discoveries are often associated with North America, China and Mongolia, Africa possesses an extraordinary fossil record that is still being explored. In Part 1, we examined the origins of dinosaurs, the Green Sahara, prehistoric North Africa and the mass extinction that eliminated non-avian dinosaurs approximately 66 million years ago. In this second part, we travel deeper into Africa's ...