Exploring Our World
Have Humans and Dinosaurs Lived Together?
Have Humans and Dinosaurs Lived Together?
The word “dinosaur” was invented by Sir Richard Owen in 1841. Before that they were called "dragons." There are thousands of legends of people seeing or killing dragons. The Chinese dug up a number of dinosaur bones in the 1930's and they called them "dragon bones."
a. The city of Nerluc, France was renamed in honor of the “dragon” slain there. It was described as being bigger than an ox and having long, sharp, pointed horns on its head. It was described like a Triceratops. The Great Dinosaur Mystery p. 40
b. May 13, 1572, Italian Scientist Ulysses Aldrovandus obtained the dead body of a “dragon” and had it mounted for a museum display. It was described as a long-necked reptile.
c. Hans Egede, Missionary to Greenland, drew this sketch of the “sea monster” he saw off the coast of Greenland in 1734.
S.M. McAllister 205-773-7823 is a living descendant.
d. Sea Monster sighting in Natural History of Norway by Bishop Erik Pontoppidan 1755 as given in Monsters of the Sea by Richard Ellis p. 45.
e. Shipwrecks and Sea Monsters of California’s Central Coast by Randall Reinstedt p. 167
f. E.L. Wallace, president of the Natural History Society of British Columbia
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g. Claude Jacques and Michael Freeman, Angkor: Cities and Temples: “Roundels on pilasters on the south side of the west entrance are unusual in design. In particular…an animal which bears a striking resemblance to a stegosaurus.”
h. In Carlisle Cathedral, in the Tomb of Bishop Richard Bell who died in 1496.
It has these brass engravings. These are clearly dinosaurs.
Ica Stones of Peru
Ica Stones of Peru
i. Over 50,000 "Ica Stones" have been found in Ica, Peru since 1961.
j. Indian pictograph, from the Grand Canyon. Found in the Havasupai canyon in Grand Canyon.
Photo taken by Dr. DeLancy
719 S. Main St. Perkasie, PA 18944
His widow has the originals.
k. Petroglyph of a dinosaur found at Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah. It is attributed to the Anasazi Indians who lived in the area from AD 400 to AD 1300. (Prehistoric Indians, Barnes and Pendleton, 1995, p. 201)
Analyze Data and Draw Conclusions:
Could it be possible that some dinosaurs may have survived for a period of time? What does the scientific evidence seem to say?