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The coast held
an older ocean.
Mary Anning collected and sold fossils from the cliffs at Lyme Regis. Her discoveries of ancient marine life helped reshape understanding of Earth’s past.
A fossil hunt could change
what scientists thought had lived.
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Reviewed: 2026-09-30