Re: Rift Valley Research

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In article <3vn9rq$5b7@lehua.ilhawaii.net> Cam, cam@ilhawaii.net writes:

>I believe in the early days of Rift Valley digs that rival archeologists
>used to hire gangs of thugs to bust up each others camps and destroy
>each others digs and finds so they could be first back to London and
>civilization to claim all the glory.

I've heard about something like this happening w/ American paleontolgists
early this century (Cope & Osborn, I think). I haven't heard that it
happened in Africa, though I wouldn't be too surprised.

Nowadays, of course, we all fight for territory politically and
financially.

Alex Duncan
Dept. of Anthropology
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1086
512-471-4206
aduncan@mail.utexas.edu

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