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Allosaurus jimmadseni. (Courtesy of the National Park Service)

New thoughts about the impact of old bones in the rural West

BY: - May 8, 2023

The prehistoric past can perk up the present. When woolly mammoth bones were found in my hometown in Wisconsin years ago, they became the centerpiece of one of our local museums. Today, they continue to attract visitors and serve as one of the city’s informal symbols. Unfortunately, the story across much of the fossil-rich West […]