The Bone Wars

Episode 156. O.C. Marsh and E.D. Cope were friends turned rival paleontologists who together found over 100 species of dinosaurs in the late 1800s. The depths of their pettiness toward each other was immense; from bashing each other in academic journals to attempting to use a government position to confiscate property. Learn how these two men battled it out in the field to be the best paleontologist ever.    Follow us on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/illequippedhistory/   Join our Facebook group!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/illequippedhistory   Email us!  [email protected]   Check us out on TikTok!  https://www.tiktok.com/@illequipped.histo   Find us on YouTube!  https://www.youtube.com/@Ill-EquippedHistory    Donate to our Patreon!  https://www.patreon.com/illequippedhistory   Sources   “The Two Paleontologists Who Had a Bone to Pick with Each Other”  https://www.wttw.com/prehistoric-road-trip/detours/the-two-paleontologists-who-had-a-bone-to-pick-with-each-other   “The bitter dinosaur feud at the heart of palaeontology” by Martha Henriques (Jan 19 2023) https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230119-the-dinosaur-feud-at-the-heart-of-palaeontology   “Bone Wars” by Micah Issitt (2023) https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/bone-wars   “This Means War! A History of the Bone Wars”  https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2012/11/this-means-war-history-of-bone-wars   “O.C. Marsh and E.D. Cope: A Rivalry”  https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/dinosaur-rivalry/   Sound Credits: Sound Effect by Neo Theone from Pixabay  https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-pen-writing-sfx-430839/   Music by Trygve Larsen from Pixabay  https://pixabay.com/music/solo-classical-instruments-dionisio-aguado-alegreto1-classical-guitar-played-on-harpsichord-7726/