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China's Dinosaur Fossil Collections Are Vast â But Are They Real?
China's Dinosaur Fossil Collections Are Vast â But Are They Real?
By Jessie Jiang AND Simon Elegant, Mar. 31, 2009, Time World
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1888548,00.html
This is an article largely about the The Tianyu Natural History Museum.
The article stated:
"In one hall alone, 480 dinosaur fossils are randomly placed in glass
cases or left in the open air around a room the size of a basketball court..."
and noted:
"More problematic, however, is that there is no way of knowing how
many of those fossils are real. Chinese scientists say fake fossils are
so pervasive in Chinese museums that using authenticity as the basis
for judging a collection's worth is unrealistic."
Also, it is quoted about the Tianyu Natural History Museum:
""But I was truly astonished by the caliber of its real and valuable
collections...It probably has a larger collection of complete fossil
skeletons than any other museum in the world.""
Yours,
Paul Heinrich
Baton Rouge, LA