What was the first fossil remain discovered? Who discovered it? When, and where was it discovered?

Answer 1

This is like asking who invented the wheel. They have been around since the first recorded history. Fossil marine shells were no doubt the first, and were found on Mt Ararat by Noah and his family. A friend Doris Bowers collected some of these marine fossils on Mt. Ararat in Turkey. Now the first recorded dinosaur was by William Buckland (1784-1856) who was a British fossil hunter and clergyman who discovered and collected fossils. He discovered Iguanodon the first dinosaur ever described scientifically.

Answer 2

It's impossible to know who the first person ever to stumble across a fossil was. The first fossil discovered probably wasn't even recognized for what it was, and a historical record of the discovery would not have been created.

However, it's been found that the ancient Greeks went fossil hunting. In fact, fossils were highly prized in some sections of ancient Greek society. Some archaeologist believe the fossils were kept in temples. Did the Greeks fully understand what it was they had found? Most likely not. But they obviously knew that they were on to something usual and special.

Modern paleontology as we know it didn't really get going until the second half of the 19th century.

Answer 3

Ever since recorded history began, and probably before, people have found fossils. There is evidence of Greek philosophers finding fossils. With that said its easier to answer this question through researching the history of paleontology prior to the 17th century. I believe the earliest known fossils found were small shells encased in stone ect.

Answer 4

The fossil beds at Lyme Regis were being mined in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; the finds being sold to collectors.

Mary Anning is credited with finding a fossil of an ichthyosaurus in 1811.

The science of paleontology began from this find.

Answer 5

I very much doubt that he had a name. Stone Age man could not have avoided finding many as fossils are very common in the flint he was breaking up to make tools. Then later, from the Middle Ages, I have in my collection several ammonites which have had the ends carved to look like snake's heads. These were made to sell to pilgrims in the 15th. Cent. as relics of the Serpent in the Garden of Eden. So you can see that fossils have a long history among humans.

Answer 6

Fossils have been found ever since man began picking up rocks. In the 1400s peasants in Britain would find fossils of ammonids, but being superstitious, thought they were eggs of the devil.
The first recognized dinosaur was found in a quarry in England and the discover called it an Iguanadon because the bones looked like those of a giant iguana.