Growing up on England’s rocky southern coast, Anning first learned the skills of finding and cleaning ... When he died in 1810, the family continued the trade to eke out a meager income. A year later, ...

She lived by the sea in the town of Lyme Regis in Dorset ... hidden in rocks under our feet. My name is Mary Anning, and just as fossils are forgotten for many years, so too was I.