The first complete dinosaur skeleton on view to the public made its debut at Philly’s Academy of Natural Sciences
- Posted on July 30, 2026
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The first complete dinosaur skeleton on view to the public made its debut at Philly’s Academy of Natural Sciences
In the early 1800s, Philadelphia’s loose cohort of natural scientists became obsessed with learning all they could about the plants and animal species of the New World. They shipped dried specimens to Britain for naturalists to identify and catalog. And when the American naturalists discovered a new species, the Brits named it and took the credit for the findings in their medical journals. ...
