Professor sues William Paterson University after priceless, rare fossils were dumped in a landfill
An environmental science professor and paleontologist has spent his career collecting Devonian Age marine invertebrate ...
380-million-year-old fossils dumped in landfill after N.J. college didn't pay UPS bill, lawsuit claims
The lawsuit alleges that William Paterson University's unpaid invoices led to around 200 marine fossils being discarded in ...
N.J. college lost fossils dating back 380 million years, professor says in suit
The irreplaceable fossils got intercepted in transit and ended up in a landfill in Tennessee, according to the lawsuit.
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Paleontologist says NJ school lost his 380M-year-old fossils, and now they're in a landfill
In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, paleontologist Martin Becker accuses William Paterson University in Wayne of ...
Fossil nerds and speculators help make the Field Museum's Mazon Creek collection world-famous
Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — and who test the outer bounds of legality.
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Inside the fossil hunt: Digging for the monsters of Illinois’ Mazon Creek
From batch sales of unopened rocks on eBay to discreet phone calls to higher-dollar patrons, Illinois’ commercial fossil ...
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Archaeologists discover oldest known partial face fossil of human ancestor in western Europe
Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years ...