Dinosaur Fossils of the Gobi
The Mongolian Gobi was first explored by an American explorer and naturalist, Roy Chapman Andrew, in an expedition in the 1920’s. Their aim in this expedition was to find the ancestry of humankind. However, they were unsuccessful in finding human origins, but along the way they discovered the first nests of dinosaur eggs ever found and dinosaur fossils in the Mongolian Gobi. Roy Chapmen Andrews found one of the richest bone yards in the world. To the Mongolians he was a “Dragon Hunter,” but to the rest of the world he was a fossil explorer who unearthed the mysteries of the Gobi Desert. He returned with a spectacular collection of fossils and stunning photos images.
After Roy Chapmen Andrew’s Expedition, joint Mongolian, Polish and Russian expeditions did excavations in the Mongolian Gobi and found a number of new species of dinosaurs including early mammals, dinosaur eggs, and prehistoric stone implements which were estimated to be 70,000-100,000 years old. However, in the late 1920’s the Communists seized power in Mongolia, and the open door to the West was shut. For the next 65 years, the fabulous fossil fields of the Gobi were forbidden territory but explorations later resumed.