A New Exhibition at New York’s Natural History Museum Honors Fossil Hunters
The New York Times • • science
Key Points:
- The American Museum of Natural History in New York is showcasing a new exhibition honoring explorers who made significant paleontological discoveries in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.
- Early expeditions led by Roy Chapman Andrews uncovered numerous dinosaur and mammal fossils, including Paraceratherium, the largest land mammal ever found.
- Andrews also discovered dinosaur eggs in 1923, a groundbreaking find that contributed to understanding dinosaur reproduction.
- Mark A. Norell, a later museum curator, confirmed the evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds and led numerous Gobi Desert expeditions starting in 1990.
- The exhibition highlights over a century of exploration and scientific advancement stemming from these remote fossil hunts.
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