İlk kadın paleontolog: Mary Anning’in hayatı ve paleontolojiye katkıları

Year 2022, Issue: 44, 68 - 75, 31.12.2022

Damla Ülker

https://doi.org/10.33613/antropolojidergisi.1205440

Abstract

Bu makalede İngiltere’de fosil bilimine önemli katkılar yapmış, Mary Anning’in hayatı farklı yönleriyle ele alınmıştır. Lyme Regis bölgesinden olan Anning’in paleontoloji alanındaki keşifleri 19. yüzyıldan eski çağlara eşsiz bir bağlantı sağlamıştır. Jeologlar bulunan fosillerini kullanarak daha önce bilinmeyen türleri açıklamış ve böylece bu keşiflerle jeoloji bilimindeki ilerlemeler hız kazanmıştır. Ayrıca Anning’in keşifleri, var olan bir neslin tükenmesi konusunda kritik kanıtlar haline gelmiştir. İngiltere’nin güneyinde bulunan Lyme Regis bölgesinde doğmuş olan Mary Anning’in biyografisi, yaptığı önemli keşifler, yaşadığı bölgenin özellikleri, dönemin önde gelen jeologları ile ilişkileri sırasıyla ele alınmıştır. Bunların yanında, yapılan keşiflere karşı İngiltere’de kilisenin konumu ve muhafazakarların bilimsel ilerlemeler karşısındaki tutumu da incelenmiştir.

Keywords

Mary Anning, Lyme Regis, İhtiyozor, Plesiyozor

Thanks

Bu makalede yorum ve katkılarını eksik etmeyen Prof. Dr. Erhan Nalçacı'ya teşekkürler.

The first female paleontologist: The life of Mary Anning and her contributions to paleontology

Abstract

In this article, the life of Mary Anning, who made contributions to fossil science, has been discussed in different ways. Anning’s discoveries in the paleontology science from Lyme Regis have provided a unique link from 19th century to ancient times. The geologists explained the unknown species using her fossils, and the progress in the geological science gained speed using these discoveries. Furthermore, Anning’s discoveries became critical pieces of evidence for extinctions. The biography of Mary Anning who was born in the Lyme region in southern England, her most important discoveries, the Lyme Regis region’s geological characteristics, and her relations with the leading geologist of that term have been summarized, respectively. Also, the position of the church against the discoveries in England has been discussed

Keywords

Mary Anning, Lyme Regis, Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus

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