How Early Civilizations Created Monsters From Dinosaur Bones

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The term monster gets thrown around a lot but what does it take to be a monster really? What were some of the first "monsters" man found?

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Sources:

Oxford English Dictionary: Monster:
http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentr...

“Originally: a mythical creature which is part animal and part human, or combines elements of two or more animal forms, and is frequently of great size and ferocious appearance. Later, more generally: any imaginary creature that is large, ugly, and frightening."

Griffin Bones:
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythi...

“More than two thousand years ago, hardy gold miners sought their fortunes in the vast Gobi Desert of central Asia. These miners were Scythians--members of a horse-riding people who controlled much of central Asia and the northern Middle East between about 800 BC to AD 200."

Cyclops Myth Spurred by "One-Eyed" Fossils?:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ne...

“Ever wonder where our worst nightmares come from? For the ancient Greeks, it may have been the fossils of giant prehistoric animals."

Pliny The Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus):
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Pli...

“Pliny’s Natural History is an extraordinarily important document in the history of Western science. From antiquity through the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, Pliny’s massive compilation of knowledge remained a valued source of practical information on medicine and on the natural world."

Fantastically Wrong: The Weird, Kinda Perverted History Of The Unicorn:
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/fantasti...

“In later 2012, the North Korean regime made a rather bizarre announcement, even by the standards of the North Korean regime."

Creating Consilience: Integrating the Sciences and the Humanities:
https://books.google.com/books?id=rER...

“According to Turnbull, the Mbuti use stories about monsters to dissuade neighbors from venturing into their territory: ‘It was an almost universal belief among all villagers...'"

Hard Times Give New Life to Prague’s Golem:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/wor...

“They say the Golem, a Jewish giant with glowing eyes and supernatural powers, is lurking once again in the attic of the Old-New Synagogue here."

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