tpo 13 q1

In this set of material, the reading states that private collector have been selling and buying fossils, this is an unfortunate development for both scientists and the general public. The reading provides three reasons of supports. However, the professor explains that it is true that, but benefits are greater than disadvantages and refutes each of author's reasons.

First, the reading states that it is making harder for the public to see fossils can lead to a decline in public interest in fossils. On the contrary, the professor refutes this point by stating that the public will see more fossils because private collectors are haunting more fossils, and also schools and public places can buying fossils.

Second, the article claims that scientists are likely to lose access to some of the most important fossils. In contract, the professor contends that private collectors were passing fossils to scientists before they are selling to private buyer. The community scientific will not miss anything.

Third, the reading avers that most commercial fossil collectors are untrained or uninterested in carrying out the careful field work and documentation that reveal the most about animal life in the past. Conversely, the lecture opposes this point by saying that it is true that private collectors are missing some information, but it is better than fossils were not be discovering by them. At least, they will see fossils with some missing data.