‘Virtually complete’ Stegosaurus fossil to be auctioned at Sotheby’s geek week
‘Virtually complete’ Stegosaurus fossil to be auctioned at Sotheby’s geek week
The 11ft and tall and 20ft long fossil, nicknamed Apex, could fetch up to $6m as it’s celebrated as ‘one of the best unearthed’
Makes me sad it's being sold instead of studied. "For Profit Paleontology" leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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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.