Maybe you’ve seen enough of Bone Wars by now, but in case you’ve not had a chance to read what it’s all about - here ya go!
In the late 19th century, the field of paleontology was more akin to the Wild West than the disciplined science we know today. Enter the Bone Wars, AKA the Great Dinosaur Rush, a fierce rivalry between two palaeontologists, Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope. Their competition to discover and document dinosaur fossils turned the badlands of North America into a battleground of discovery, deception, and sometimes outright theft.
The Bone Wars resulted in the identification of over 142 new species of dinosaurs, pushing the boundaries of science. However, the story is also a cautionary tale about the darker side of scientific discovery, involving the destruction of invaluable fossils, the publication of rushed and sometimes erroneous scientific papers and personal vendettas that sometimes bordered on the absurd.
Maybe you’ve seen enough of Bone Wars by now, but in case you’ve not had a chance to read what it’s all about - here ya go!
In the late 19th century, the field of paleontology was more akin to the Wild West than the disciplined science we know today. Enter the Bone Wars, AKA the Great Dinosaur Rush, a fierce rivalry between two palaeontologists, Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope. Their competition to discover and document dinosaur fossils turned the badlands of North America into a battleground of discovery, deception, and sometimes outright theft.
The Bone Wars resulted in the identification of over 142 new species of dinosaurs, pushing the boundaries of science. However, the story is also a cautionary tale about the darker side of scientific discovery, involving the destruction of invaluable fossils, the publication of rushed and sometimes erroneous scientific papers and personal vendettas that sometimes bordered on the absurd.
