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humanodon · 4180 days ago · link · · parent · post: Rare, nearly complete skeleton of triceratops unearthed
I've read that in early excavations in China, archaeologists would pay per bone fragment. The locals they hired were very pragmatic people and so began unearthing dinosaur bones and then shattering them into as many pieces as possible. Prior to that, dinosaur bones were usually thought to be dragon bones and ground into powders for medicinal purposes. Sigh.