Skip to contentMary Anning
Her famous cliff finds were in the early 1800s.
Mary Anning searched the cliffs at Lyme Regis for fossils.
In the early 1800s she found skeletons of ancient sea animals that were new to science.
Her finds helped people see that life long ago was different.
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