On these beaches ammonites and belemnites wash out of the cliffs and lie among the pebbles, waiting for a sharp pair of eyes. Holding something that last saw daylight in the time of the dinosaurs is hard to forget.
ModerateUnder £100 / $130An afternoonOutdoorsAlone or with othersSouth West EnglandWinter is best, after rough weather
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A beginner's guide to fossil hunting: why it is easier than it looks, the honest challenges, the rules on what you can keep, what to bring, and guided walks and free fossil parks in the UK and US.
How Lucy was found at Hadar in Ethiopia in 1974, how she got her names, what her bones showed about walking upright, where she has travelled since, and where the museums' accounts of her disagree.
