DesertFox
07-04-2007, 08:47 PM
Villagers in central China dug up a ton of dinosaur bones and boiled them in soup or ground them into powder for traditional medicine, believing they were from flying dragons and had healing powers.
Until last year, the fossils were being sold in Henan province as "dragon bones" at about 4 yuan (50 cents) per kilogram (2.2 pounds), scientist Dong Zhiming told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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Until last year, the fossils were being sold in Henan province as "dragon bones" at about 4 yuan (50 cents) per kilogram (2.2 pounds), scientist Dong Zhiming told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
More (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070704/ap_on_fe_st/china_dinosaur_medicine;_ylt=AlSsH2igwJ6oiUyLb3i4m 1UPLBIF)