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This is what I'm talking about. What if Othniel Charles Marsh died during a dig in 1871? Would this likely mean that Edward D Cope would dominate paleontology and evolutionary theory in the latter 19th Century? What would be the implications of this?

Thanks to Olaloaf for the idea ;)

What if the Bone Wars never occur?...

Either Marsh or Cope die in the midst of the Indian Wars, leaving one or the other to dominate the field of American paleontology for the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

It's science-y, it's full of cowboys and indians and adventure, and it's got dinosaurs. What more could you want?
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