Noho ʻo Dinosaurs ma ko mākou honua no 160 miliona mau makahiki a ma ka hopena o ka Cretaceous, ma kahi o 65 miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻopau ʻia ko lākou nui.
Mai ka wā kahiko mai, ua hāʻule ke kanaka i nā koena mōʻalihaku o kēia Animaux i pau i hiki ʻole ke ʻike pololei ʻia, i nā manawa he nui ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokumu i nā kuhiakau ʻepekema e pili ana i ko lākou kumu a ma nā ʻano ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka mea kupanaha loa.
Pono kākou e hoʻomanaʻo, e kau ana i nā kenekulia, ua kūpono nā koena i ka moʻolelo Baibala. No laila, no ka laʻana, i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pūpū kai ma kahi mauna he maʻalahi loa ka ʻike ʻana i ka wehewehe kūpono, hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka ʻike i loko o ka Universal Flood. Akā, ʻoiaʻiʻo, i ka uhi ʻia ʻana o nā koena iwi, ua manaʻo ʻia he holoholona nui loa ia e noho mau nei i ka Honua, no ka mea, e like me ka hoʻomana Katolika, ʻaʻohe mea i hāpai ʻia e ke Akua e hiki ke pau.
ʻO ka ʻāʻī o kahi pilikua
I loko o ke kenekulia XNUMX, ua kaulana loa kekahi kumumanaʻo - vitus formativa - e wehewehe ana i ke kumu maoli o nā mōʻalihaʻi ma muli o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana a i ʻole ka makemake o nā pōhaku e hoʻohālike i ke ola.
I ka makahiki 1677, ua ʻike ʻia kekahi femur ma kahi ʻili pōhaku ʻili ma Oxfordshire (ʻEnelani) a ua unuhi ʻia ʻo ia he 'koena petrified o ka ʻelepani a i ʻole ke kanaka pilikua. Ua wehewehe ʻo Robert Plot (1640-1696) i ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma kāna puke 'Natural History of Oxfodshire', a ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua hoʻohana ʻia nā hale ʻaina iwi o ka ʻelepani i lawe ʻia e ko Roma i ko lākou hoʻouka kaua ʻana i nā Pelekane. Ma hope mai, hoʻoponopono hou ʻo ia i kona manaʻo a manaʻo ua ʻike ʻo ia i loko o kēlā iwi i ke koena o kekahi o nā kūpuna o ka Baibala.
ʻO ke kauka Swiss a me ka mea maoli ʻo Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) i wehewehe ʻia i ka makahiki 1726 i kahi ʻano mōʻalihaku mai ke kaona Bavarian o Öhningen i ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Homo diluvii testis, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ia ka 'mea hōʻike o ke Kaʻi. Manaʻolana ke kauka e lawe ʻia mai ka Universal Deuge mai kahi kanaka i make i ka wai.
Ua hoʻi ka mea naturalist Richard Brookes (1721-1763) i ka ʻike ʻia ʻo Oxfordshire i ka makahiki 1763, e pale ana ʻo ia nā mea i hoʻopaʻapaʻa maoli ʻia i ke kino kanaka, no laila ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e kapa i nā koena mōʻalihaku me ka helu o Scrotum humanum. Me nā maka o ka ʻepekema o kēia manawa, ʻo kēlā ʻāpana mamao o ka femur no kahi dinosaur theropod nui, ʻo ia paha ka Megalosaurus.
Leʻaleʻa o Andrias scheuchzeri - Wikipedia
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mea ola ma waena o ka poʻe make
I ka makahiki 1770, ua pale aku ka French anatomist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), a hiki i ka hopena, i ka manaʻo ua nalowale kekahi mau ʻano mai ka honua aku. I loko o kahi holo kaʻa ma Maastrich (Holland) ua loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻauwae mōʻalihaku o kahi holoholona nui, a ʻo Cuvier i ʻike ai he kaomi waina make i kapa ʻia ʻo Mosasaurus. Ma kēia ala, ua haki ʻo Cuvier me ke kauoha i hoʻokumu ʻia.
I ka makahiki 1811, ua kālailai ʻo ia i ka Homo diluvii testis a ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia he koena o ka salamander a ʻaʻole he kanaka. Aia i kēia manawa i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Teylers ma Haarlem (The Netherlands) a ua kapa ʻia ʻo Andrias scheuchzeri no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka hewa o ka mōʻaukala.
I ka makahiki 1820, ua ʻike ʻo Gideon Mantell (1790-1852) i kahi ʻano obstetrician a naturalist, e like me kāna, e like me ka moʻo herbivorous nunui, a kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Iguanodon.
ʻO ka hānau ʻana o ka huaʻōlelo 'dinosaur' e lōʻihi ka manawa e hiki mai ai. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1841 e ka mea paleontologist Pelekane ʻo Richard Owen (1804-1892), nona nā huaʻōlelo Helene ʻelua: deinos (weliweli) a me sauros (moo). A ʻo ia hoʻi, e like me ka ʻōlelo ʻana a ka ʻepekema, ʻo kēlā mau animaux kupaianaha wale nō ka 'moʻo weliweli'.
He kanaka lapaʻau ʻo Pedro Gargantilla ma El Escorial Hospital (Madrid) a me ka mea kākau o kekahi mau puke kaulana.
