1665 in paleontology
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Athanasius Kircher
Athanasius Kircher was a 17th century German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology, and medicine...
in his 1665 work Mundus subterraneus explained fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
s as giant bones as those belonging to extinct races of giant
Giant (mythology)
The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology.In various Indo-European mythologies,...
humans.