this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2024
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Makes me sad it's being sold instead of studied. "For Profit Paleontology" leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We need laws that say that pre-historic fossils can only be housed in museums, universities, and other places of learning / study / exhibition.

[–] Evotech 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They get replicated and museums buy those instead sadly

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If they are replicated more than once then this sounds like a good deal.

So long as science has access to the originals.

[–] Evotech 2 points 5 months ago

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.