Deconstructing Dinosaurs : The History of the German Tendaguru Expedition and its finds, 1906-2023 /

Deconstructing Dinosaurs takes a fresh look at the history of the German Tendaguru Expedition (1909-1913), using recently uncovered sources to reveal how Berlin's Natural History Museum appropriated and extracted 225 tonnes of dinosaur fossils from land belonging to modern-day Tanzania. It exam...

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Other Authors: Heumann, Ina (Editor), Stoecker, Holger (Editor), Vennen, Mareike (Editor)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024.

Series: Life Sciences E-Book Collection, 2025.

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