In the mid-1870s two of the most prominent paleontologists in the world, Edward Drinker Cope and O.C. Marsh, waged an epic and often ridiculous war against one another. This is the bizarre true story of The Bone Wars.
Notes:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-31623397
http://www.npr.org/2012/12/09/166665795/forget-extinct-the-brontosaurus-never-even-existed
Bone Wars! Othniel Marsh vs. Edward Drinker Cope
http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/benchmarks-march-1-1872-bone-wars-heat
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/15/battle-for-the-bone-wars-beasts/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/dinosaur-intro/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_Wars
Music:
Dexter Britain, The Tea Party
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party
All other music by Julie Maxwell’s Piano Music
The Place I Called Home
Forever In Your Arms
Someday
Redefining
Dark Wonder
Time Traveler
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Julie_Maxwells_Piano_Music/
http://www.juliemaxwell.com/
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