Our podcast on science and technology. With some palaeontologists worried about the boom in fossil auctions, we explore whether private sales could be good for science
NATURAL HISTORY auctions are on the rise and are generating millions of dollars for private fossil hunters, but theis worrying some palaeontologists. They argue that specimens sold privately are lost to science. Yet others say that by disincentivising the black market and encouraging more enthusiasts to search for rare finds, fossil auctions could improve the scientific understanding of ancient reptiles.
’s Dylan Barry explores the Natural History Museum’s fossil collection in London, with Paul Barrett, a paleontologist. Dylan also chats to the “dinosaur cowboy”, Clayton Phipps, a commercial fossil prospector, about his discovery of the “duelling dinosaurs” and how ranchers benefit from finding dinosaur bones.
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