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Members of the public view Dippy the dinosaur at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum on January 22nd, 2019, in Glasgow, Scotland. Diplodocus carnegii, a Sauropod, was named after Andrew Carnegie, who funded the excavation in Wyoming in 1899. Dippy is one of several replicas donated by Carnegie to several countries around the world.

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The Diplodocus and the Robber Baron

Ilja Nieuwland's new book is the story of how fossils and their replicas become tools of capitalism, power, and privilege.