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Science Stories: Series 6

Mary Anning and Fossil Hunting

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

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Naomi Alderman tells the science story of how Mary Anning, a poor and relatively uneducated young woman, became an extremely successful finder of fossils in 19th-century England. Show more

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