Before the asteroid that wiped off the dinosaurs, millions of years ago, a protoceratops laid a dozen eggs in what is now known as the Cretaceous Period. But no one knew what would become the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. The eggs never hatched and instead became frozen in the mists of time eventually against all odds they were found by scientists and made their way to the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In 2017 experts used a new method to look closely at the eggs their discoveries tell us more about the past mass extinction event that killed off these creatures in the past.

Dinosaur fossils have always been quite interesting, and they're a good source of fresh information for us. However, it's not simply fully developed dinosaurs that have taught us incredible things. In the middle of the 19th century, researchers in Britain discovered the first dinosaur bones. Soon after, these experts speculated that dinosaurs had reproduced in a manner comparable to how reptiles do now. This discovery marked the beginning of paleontology.

However, in 1859, the first fossilized eggs were found. When these fossils were found in France, they were mistakenly thought to be from a type of bird; as a result of this, they were forgotten for a very long time. It would be another 64 years before scientists discovered that the fossils were eggs from dinosaurs Researchers from the American Museum of Natural History were working in Mongolia when they made that discovery. Since then, fossils of dinosaur eggs have been discovered all over the world. Some of the fossils were made after the dinosaurs had successfully hatched, while others told a very different story. In some cases, the tiny remains of developing dinosaurs had even been preserved.