id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_brr6dmmhfrfbnogbtek33ffnum Jon M. Kramer Fossils are for Everyone 1996 1 .pdf application/pdf 358 25 55 Robbinsdale, MN 55422, U.S.A. Perhaps unlike any other field of science, paleontology is dependent upon the training is completely immaterial to making great scientific discoveries in paleontology. Historically, Earth Science is replete with giants who had little or no academic discovered by amateurs and commercial collectors, not degreed professionals. The history of commercial fossil collecting is long and honorable. before the advent of geologic sciences or such things as museums. commercially traded fossils for centuries. The contributions of commercial fossil collecting have not been small. specimen of Archaeopteryx, arguably one of the most important fossil species known, is the result of collection by commercial groups. Tyrannosaurus rex was found by a commercial party which, incidentally has discovered rex specimens than any other group, public or private. commercial shop to thank for his discovery of baby dinosaurs that launched him to the front of dinosaur science. ./cache/work_brr6dmmhfrfbnogbtek33ffnum.pdf ./txt/work_brr6dmmhfrfbnogbtek33ffnum.txt