NegativeNull to science@lemmy.world • edit-27 months ago‘Virtually complete’ Stegosaurus fossil to be auctioned at Sotheby’s geek weekwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: dinosaurs@lemmy.worldfossils@feddit.uk
arrow-up1163arrow-down1external-link‘Virtually complete’ Stegosaurus fossil to be auctioned at Sotheby’s geek weekwww.theguardian.comNegativeNull to science@lemmy.world • edit-27 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: dinosaurs@lemmy.worldfossils@feddit.uk
Makes me sad it’s being sold instead of studied. “For Profit Paleontology” leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
minus-square@some_guylink32•7 months agoWe need laws that say that pre-historic fossils can only be housed in museums, universities, and other places of learning / study / exhibition.
minus-square@Evotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•7 months agoThey get replicated and museums buy those instead sadly
minus-square@Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•7 months agoIf they are replicated more than once then this sounds like a good deal. So long as science has access to the originals.
minus-square@Evotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•7 months agoThe best fossils are reproduced a lot. I think Stan the trex is bought by an investor in Abu Dhabi. But we got copies of it all over the world.
We need laws that say that pre-historic fossils can only be housed in museums, universities, and other places of learning / study / exhibition.
They get replicated and museums buy those instead sadly
If they are replicated more than once then this sounds like a good deal.
So long as science has access to the originals.
The best fossils are reproduced a lot. I think Stan the trex is bought by an investor in Abu Dhabi. But we got copies of it all over the world.