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Fossils on Fossils (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

"Hey, isn't that Dave's skull?"

"Can't be, I just saw him this morning. Sure looks like him though. Weird."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I suddenly feel very small, but also the load off my shoulders lifted.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

OK, now I'm imagining dinosaur archaeologists (monocles and brushes, not bullwhips and quips).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

[off topic]

The Gryphon's Skull is a fun read. Two Greek traders, circa 300 BC, discover a dinosaur fossil...

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-gryphon-s-skull-harry-turtledove/8156325?ean=9781612421421&next=t

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

If you like fun but also well-researched stories about people living in pre-modern times, you might also enjoy the weird medieval guys podcast :) They actually did an episode on fossils recently. Another funny story they mention is the one of Johann Beringer's "Lying Stones".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

There are still a few of them in government.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So, technically there could be a paleantology dinosaur?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, just like there are archeologists digging human fossilized bones now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Paleosaurus (that's a real word)

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