Bone Wars
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bone-wars-189-7771553
title:
Bone Wars
text:
The Bone Wars, also known as the Great Dinosaur Rush, was a period of intense and ruthlessly competitive fossil hunting and discovery during the Gilded Age of American history, marked by a heated rivalry between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh. Each of the two paleontologists used underhanded methods to try to outdo the other in the field, resorting to bribery, theft, and the destruction of bones. Each scientist also sought to ruin his rival's reputation and cut off his funding, us
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
19th century period of competitive fossil hunting
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_Wars
date created:
2004-11-03T11:38:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T05:03:35Z
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13
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