Directory of History Resources

This category is for websites dealing with the study of the human history of the study of paleontology.

Subcategories

A History of Dinosaur Hunting

http://www.dinohunters.com/
Dinosaur hunters and their discoveries, from Gideon Mantell and the changing shape of the Iguanodon to the present day
A History of Evolutionary Thought

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/evothought.html
Biographies of paleontology and evolutionary thinkers from the UCMP.
Strange Science: The Rocky Road to Modern Paleontology and Biology

http://www.strangescience.net/
A collection of misguided attempts to explain natural history, including honest and dishonest mistakes.
The UnMuseum: Dinosaurs of the Victorian Era

http://www.unmuseum.org/vdinos.htm
Article describing the discovery of bones of giant reptiles in the 1800's and the growing interest and rivalry that followed.

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