The episode explores the infamous 'Bone Wars' of the 19th century, a bitter rivalry between American paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh that transformed paleontology from a niche pursuit into a public spectacle. Though their feud was marked by sabotage, ego, and
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