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Dave Hone: belief

4 Sept 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #480 – Dave Hone: T-Rex, Dinosaurs, Extinction, Evolution, and Jurassic Park

“Like, there’s a couple of plates missing, a handful of ribs, a couple of bones in the tail. I think a couple of toe bones.”

— Dave Hone

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Dave Hone
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belief
Recorded
4 Sept 2025
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

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…Well preserved. I’ve seen other very good Stegosauruses, and I don’t understand why that’s worth that much more than something like Stan. But it shows you the market. So, we’re here in London. There’s a Stegosaurus called Sophie in the Natural History Museum in London. Sophie is a young animal, so she’s not very big. I mean, it’s a sizable specimen. I’d say five-ish, six meters, off the top of my head, total length. But Sophie’s truly exceptional. Like, there’s a couple of plates missing, a handful of ribs, a couple of bones in the tail. I think a couple of toe bones. This is, by far, the most complete Stegosaurus out there. Wow.…

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