I'm not a big Damien Hirst fan, but this is really beautiful:
The diamond encrusted skull, which is estimated to be worth more than $50 million, comes from the skeleton of a man who lived between 1720 and 1810.
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tags: researchblogging.org, Josephoartigasia monesi, Giant South American rodent, fossils, megamammals, Dinomyidae
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People had great teeth back then it seems.
It seems they also had great jewelry