Battle of the Dinosaur Bones: Othniel Charles Marsh vs Edward Drinker Cope

by Rebecca L. Johnson

Book Overview

In the 1880s, science witnessed a major shift: Charles Darwin proposed his theory of evolution. People dug up the first dinosaur fossils. And the field of paleontology--the study of ancient plants and animals--emerged.

Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope became enthralled with these new ideas, discoveries, and developments. Both were determined to become world-famous paleontologists. When they met in 1863, they started off as...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761354883
• ISBN13: 9780761354888
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary