The search for truth through a scientific lens is allowing us to reconstruct the history of human origins from the fossils of our ancestors. The story is certainly incomplete and its narrative is continually reformed by new finds of fossil records. The same happens in the animal and plant world.
In the case of dinosaurs, they represent probably the most incredible creatures that ruled the planet for more than 160 million years. From the size of a hummingbird to the wingspan of trucks and buildings, these ferocious sauropsids once fought for terrestrial dominance, but eventually became extinct some 65 million years ago.
Fortunately, thanks to fossils, the solid evidence behind our picture of life on Earth, we have a good source of information about prehistoric life on our planet.
In some cases, these fossils tend to be preserved in the strangest ways and in the most unusual places that we could imagine. Many paleontologists have been digging and discovering these fossils in various geographic locations from the 17th century to the present day. And it is that knowing when and where the oldest fossils of different species appeared gives us new details about the evolutionary tree of the planet.
As rare and impressive as they may be, not all fossils are equally famous, or have had the same profound effect on paleontology and our understanding of life during these ancient times. Today we review the most outstanding fossils in the world.
