Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2025-07-29

Books mentioned on CLASSIC: The True Story of the Ancient Chinese Giants

Like many other regions of the world, China has its own folklore about ancient, humanoid giants. In most cases, these legends have a mundane cause -- a misidentified fossil, for example, or a translation error.

Ben Bowlin discussed The First Fossil Hunters by Adrienne Mayor.

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The First Fossil Hunters

Adrienne Mayor · at 22:33

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“She wrote about this in her book called The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman times.”

Ben Bowlin CLASSIC: The True Story of the Ancient Chinese Giants 2025-07-29 Listen at 22:33

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