NegativeNull to science@lemmy.world • edit-21 month ago‘Virtually complete’ Stegosaurus fossil to be auctioned at Sotheby’s geek weekwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: fossils@feddit.uk
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-link‘Virtually complete’ Stegosaurus fossil to be auctioned at Sotheby’s geek weekwww.theguardian.comNegativeNull to science@lemmy.world • edit-21 month agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: fossils@feddit.uk
Makes me sad it’s being sold instead of studied. “For Profit Paleontology” leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
minus-square@Evotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•1 month agoThey get replicated and museums buy those instead sadly
minus-square@Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 month 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•1 month 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.
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.