Professor Caroline Winterer

But I always say the industrial revolution and the dinosaurs went hand in hand because one would not have happened without the other.

But I always say the industrial revolution and the dinosaurs went hand in hand because one would not have happened without the other.

Yes, definitely science is baked from the beginning with competition firmly within it. Scientists from the North, scientists from the South are all hearing about these finds, and they send out some of the first very primordial scientific expeditions. We shouldn't imagine 100-person expeditions like we might have today.

Yes, definitely science is baked from the beginning with competition firmly within it. Scientists from the North, scientists from the South are all hearing about these finds, and they send out some of the first very primordial scientific expeditions. We shouldn't imagine 100-person expeditions like we might have today.

Yes, definitely science is baked from the beginning with competition firmly within it. Scientists from the North, scientists from the South are all hearing about these finds, and they send out some of the first very primordial scientific expeditions. We shouldn't imagine 100-person expeditions like we might have today.

more like two or three people who are invited, for example, from Philadelphia, which is the scientific mecca of the United States in the 19th century. The founding fathers declined to fund a scientific infrastructure. And so all of these museums are privately funded. The American Philosophical Society is one. Anyway, Philadelphia is sort of the place. And so in one case, for example, there's a

more like two or three people who are invited, for example, from Philadelphia, which is the scientific mecca of the United States in the 19th century. The founding fathers declined to fund a scientific infrastructure. And so all of these museums are privately funded. The American Philosophical Society is one. Anyway, Philadelphia is sort of the place. And so in one case, for example, there's a

more like two or three people who are invited, for example, from Philadelphia, which is the scientific mecca of the United States in the 19th century. The founding fathers declined to fund a scientific infrastructure. And so all of these museums are privately funded. The American Philosophical Society is one. Anyway, Philadelphia is sort of the place. And so in one case, for example, there's a

plantation in Alabama that's really getting going in the 1820s. It sits right on the edge of the Alabama River, which is this giant, you know, very wide artery. And the slaves keep digging up these marine monsters. And so the plantation owner

plantation in Alabama that's really getting going in the 1820s. It sits right on the edge of the Alabama River, which is this giant, you know, very wide artery. And the slaves keep digging up these marine monsters. And so the plantation owner

plantation in Alabama that's really getting going in the 1820s. It sits right on the edge of the Alabama River, which is this giant, you know, very wide artery. And the slaves keep digging up these marine monsters. And so the plantation owner

writes to Philadelphia and says, hey, could you send one of your guys down and he can live on my plantation and take some of the enslaved people on essentially geology expeditions, which is what happens in the 1820s and 1830s. A guy comes down from Philadelphia and finds an extraordinary trove of ammonites and mosasaurs and ships those back.

writes to Philadelphia and says, hey, could you send one of your guys down and he can live on my plantation and take some of the enslaved people on essentially geology expeditions, which is what happens in the 1820s and 1830s. A guy comes down from Philadelphia and finds an extraordinary trove of ammonites and mosasaurs and ships those back.

writes to Philadelphia and says, hey, could you send one of your guys down and he can live on my plantation and take some of the enslaved people on essentially geology expeditions, which is what happens in the 1820s and 1830s. A guy comes down from Philadelphia and finds an extraordinary trove of ammonites and mosasaurs and ships those back.

They also find human remains from Native Americans past and present because the Native Americans are now being pushed off of this land in what are called the Indian Wars, peoples like the Natchez and others. So all of this bony debris gets pulled out of the earth and sent to these sort of centers of collection and calculation on the East Coast.

They also find human remains from Native Americans past and present because the Native Americans are now being pushed off of this land in what are called the Indian Wars, peoples like the Natchez and others. So all of this bony debris gets pulled out of the earth and sent to these sort of centers of collection and calculation on the East Coast.

They also find human remains from Native Americans past and present because the Native Americans are now being pushed off of this land in what are called the Indian Wars, peoples like the Natchez and others. So all of this bony debris gets pulled out of the earth and sent to these sort of centers of collection and calculation on the East Coast.

And even today, the center of American academic and intellectual life is on the East Coast, and that's vestigial from the 19th century age of fossil collecting. So if you want to see the extraordinary Midwest fossils, don't go to the Midwest. Go to New York City, go to Washington DC, to the Smithsonian. There they are.

And even today, the center of American academic and intellectual life is on the East Coast, and that's vestigial from the 19th century age of fossil collecting. So if you want to see the extraordinary Midwest fossils, don't go to the Midwest. Go to New York City, go to Washington DC, to the Smithsonian. There they are.

And even today, the center of American academic and intellectual life is on the East Coast, and that's vestigial from the 19th century age of fossil collecting. So if you want to see the extraordinary Midwest fossils, don't go to the Midwest. Go to New York City, go to Washington DC, to the Smithsonian. There they are.