![]() ![]() 'A secure, permanent collection ensures that the observations that a scientist makes of a fossil can be tested and replicated -and a commercially held fossil has no such assurance,' Carr said. Thomas Carr, a paleontologist from the US, described such sales as being 'unquestionably harmful to science' even if the skeletons had been studied before being sold. The T-rex, which weighs more than 3,000 pounds, is part of the new trend for prehistoric auction lots that has some experts concerned about the damages being done to science - once the remains are scooped up by a private owner they are forever lost to science. The dinosaur, initially unearthed in the US, went on display at the Victoria Theatre & Concert Hall in Singapore Friday ahead of the sale that does not yet have an estimate bid, according to Christie's Asia Pacific. ![]() Paleontologists are condemning the big-money bone trade once again, as a 15-foot-tall Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton is set to be sold at auction to the highest bidder in Hong Kong next month. TV presenter Jonnie Irwin shares heartbreaking moment he takes his son Rex, 3, on his last ever ride to nursery amid terminal cancer battle.Widow whose husband died after receiving shock cancer diagnosis gives birth to their daughter three years after his death - using frozen embryos.Paranoid Putin's security forces massively ramp up the number of 'traitors' arrested for treason.Horror moment police and paramedics are rescued from crash scene after force car and ambulance collided.Tory deputy chair '30p Lee' Anderson tells migrants refusing to board Bibby Stockholm: 'If they don't like barges they should f*** off back to France'.Suella Braverman wages war on crooked immigration lawyers as she announces new taskforce to root out rogue firms with those found guilty of fraud facing LIFE in jail.Migrants told - Get on the Bibby Stockholm today or be homeless: Home Office warns asylum seekers to move to Dorset vessel or have free accommodation cancelled after 15 spent their first night on ship but 20 refused to board.The 1975 face demand for compensation as promoters of cancelled Malaysian music festival take legal action after lead singer Matty Healy defied country's strict anti-gay laws. ![]() Bride reveals her brother wanted to propose to his girlfriend during while giving a speech at her wedding - so she resorted to blackmail to stop him.The shameful way our frail mother was treated shows racism IS a problem in the NHS: I'm a doctor, my family all work for the health service and love it - but the way she was treated appalled me. ![]()
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