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as a fossil(化石) scientist, mary anning made great contributions(贡献) to her field in the 19h century. her name is now 【1】 known in britain and even europe. but that was not always the case.
anning was a talented woman. she did not receive any proper education and taught 【2】 geology(地质学) and paleontology(古生物学).
anning grew up by the sea. at a young age, she showed great 【3】 in studying the fossils along the coastline. anning worked very hard. she went out in all weathers to search for fossils. at the age of 12, she uncovered a skeleton(骨架) that looked like a crocodile(鳄鱼). then, after ten years of 【4】 work, she made an amazing 【5】. it was a huge fossil of something that the world had never seen before.
however, many of anning’s findings disagreed with theories that had been widely accepted. what’s more, at that time, people had little respect for female scientists. anning’s findings were even published 【6】 her name. during her lifetime, the woman was never seriously 【7】 to be a scientist.
【8】 such troubles didn’t stop anning from making more discoveries. the woman was still keen on studying all sizes and types of fossils 【9】 the sea. her discoveries helped to prove the existence of some extinct(已灭绝的) animals. they formed the basis for charles darwin’s on the origin of species(《物种起源》).
in recent years, 【10】 people have come to realize the importance of anning’s work. she is now listed among the top ten british women who have greatly affected the history of science. anning was an ambitious and hard-working woman in history. she deserves to be remembered.