Bone Wars

The Bone Wars, also known as the Great Dinosaur Rush, was a period of intense and ruthless competitive fossil hunting between two American paleontologists: Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh.

During this time, which started in 1897, both men used every method available to outdo each other in the field. Teams were bribed, bones were stolen and dig sites are even damaged and destroyed. They also sought to damage their rival's reputation by attacking them in scientific publications.