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.

  • @[email protected]
    32•8 months ago

    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•8 months ago

      They get replicated and museums buy those instead sadly

      • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
        2•8 months ago

        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•8 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.