RE: real or fake skeletons (was re Tianyu Museum of Nature's "world record" dinosaur collection)

[Anthony Docimo <keenir@hotmail.com>]

apologies...here's the plain text.
(and my reply)

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> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 20:40:06 +0000
> From: keenir@hotmail.com
> To: DINOSAUR@usc.edu
> CC: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: RE:real or fake skeletons (was re Tianyu Museum of Nature's "world 
> record" dinosaur collection)
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> > Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 19:32:56 +0200
> > From: heinrich.mallison@googlemail.com
> > To: pristichampsus@yahoo.com
> > CC: dinosaur@usc.edu
> > Subject: Re: Tianyu Museum of Nature's "world record" dinosaur collection
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> > In some places, each skeleton made
> > from real bones is a fauna,
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> members of the same species, but not the same individual? (or members of 
> different species?)
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> > and 90% of skeletons are made from plaster
> > or epoxy.
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> Except....isn't that true with the skeletons in pretty much any museum?
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> (as an example, how many copies did Andrew Carnegie make, and how many were 
> given to him in return?)
 
 
> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 23:26:23 +0200
> Subject: Re: real or fake skeletons (was re Tianyu Museum of Nature's "world 
> record" dinosaur collection)
> From: heinrich.mallison@googlemail.com
> To: keenir@hotmail.com
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> how many of these are presented as real bones?
 
 last time I was in the Smithsonian Museum, the dinosaurs and extinct mammals 
weren't labelled "this is a replica".  They said, instead, "Triceratops," etc.
 
 
> 'nuff said....
 
 
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Anthony Docimo <keenir@hotmail.com> wrote:
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