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Birth Date
He was born in Beloit a city in Wisconsin in the United States -
Began Preparation Expedition
In early March Andrews was based at the Natural History museum in New York City where he made a daring proposal to send an Expedition to the Gobi Desert to test Henery Osborns theory that the earliest humans came from not Africa but the heart of Asia. -
The Date they set off on their journey
Andrews and his team set off into what Andrews liked to call The Great Unknown -
Lost in the Gobi Desert
In early september, tempretures dropped and the Gobi Desert became even more threatening, andrews and his team got lost in a vast area of desert - for three days they were lost, hunting for signs of life and eventually spotted a small group of Mongol Nomads Huts - it was that moment they also spotted what could be their first discovery. -
The Flaming Cliffs
Late september at the same location as the Mongol Nomads Huts they discovered sandstone cliffs, carved into fantasic shapes by years of erosion - "there appear to be medievil castles with spires and turrents" wrote Andrews. But more importantly lying on the surface of the rocks lay hundreds of fossils - they named the spot 'The Flaming Cliffs'. -
Bandit Attack in China
Andrews and his team were back in China and they were attacked by a group of Bandits, but Andrews saved himself and his team by defending them - he charged his car towards the bandits on horseback knowing the horses would be frightned and flee. -
Amazing Discovery
On July 13th 1923, a scientist George Olsen made the announcement that he ha found fossilized eggs that very morning, they were in fact reptile eggs to be more precise - Dinosaur eggs! -
A heroes welcome
Andrews in late 1923 returned home to America where he recieved a heroes welcome -
New Career
In late 1923 Andrews with his glowing reputation ensured a glittering career as the director of the American Natural history museum. -
Back to Mongolia
Ealry in 1925 Andrews went back to Mongolia to begin another expedition -
Expedition Abondoned
Unfortunatly the expedition had to be abandoned due to the civil war breaking out in China -
New Expedition
In 1927 another expedition for Andrews and his team began -
Accident in the Desert
Late 1927, Andrews was handling his gun when he accidently shot himself - the bullet ripped through his thigh and came out underneith his knee, he then had to recover under horrible circumstances in the desert during sand storms and other dangers. -
Central Asiatic Expedition
Once again Andrews led an Expedition into the Central Asiatic desert -
Last time In China
Andrews was forced to leave China for the last time as the resistance from Chinese authorities grew to great. -
Roy Chapman Andrews Final Entry
On March 11th 1960, Roy Chapman Andrews passed away at the age of 76.
