Since Cope and Marsh got brought up yesterday, let's talk about the timing of the Bone Wars.

Three factors influenced access to these famous fossil beds, first being the US Civil War. When violence broke out between the Union and Confederacy, many of the wealthy (including most US scientists) ran for the hills. Or, in the case of Cope, Europe. Marsh spent the War as a staff member to Generals Meade and Grant, seeing combat at the Battle of Vicksburg.

#paleontology #sciencehistory #bonewars

Here we see a previously unreleased photograph of Marsh and Cope fighting over a rare dinosaur find.
#bonewars #dogsofmastodon

Episode 11 | Conspirasaurus Rex - Dino-Mite Theories About the Dinosaurs

What happened to the #dinosaurs? Did a meteor wipe them out? Was it volcanoes? Maybe their eggs just sucked. Or they farted themselves to death. Or they never existed at all. Or maybe they never died. Or maaaybe they helped build the #pyramids.
#conspiracytheories #conspiracyclearinghouse #pseudoscience #kpgevent #alvarezhypothesis #evolution #myth #fossils #bonewars
https://conspiracyclearinghouse.podbean.com/e/conspirasaurus-rex-dino-mite-theories-about-the-dinsosaurs/