Texas frontier scientists who uncovered state’s fossil history had role in epic Bone Wars
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 19:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In the late 1800s, furious fossil speculation across the American West escalated into a high-profile national feud. In a new study, vertebrate paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs expands knowledge of how the infamous Bone Wars touched Texas through two Lone Star scientists, geologist Robert T. Hill, the Father of Texas geology, and naturalist Jacob Boll. Jacobs' study taps 13 newly discovered historic letters archived at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, and a German ode translated into English.