Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Pakutanga, ukama pakati paCope naMarsh hwaiva hwakanaka. Vakasangana muBerlin muna 1864 uye vakapedza mazuva anoverengeka vari pamwe chete. Vakatotumidzirana mazita emarudzi. Pashure penguva yakati ukama hwavo hwakakanganisika, pamusana peunhu hwavo hwakasimba. Cope aizivikanwa kuva anorwa uye aiva nehasha; Marsh akanga ari anononoka, ane nhevedzano zvikuru, uye akazvivharira mukati. Vose vari vaviri vaiva vanokakavara uye vasingavimbi. Kusiyana kwavo kwakatambanukirawo kunzvimbo yesayenzi, sezvo Cope akanga ari mutsigiri akasimba weNeo-Lamarckism nepo Marsh akatsigira dzidziso yaCharles Darwin yokushanduka-shanduka nokusarudzwa kwomuzvarirwo. Kunyange munguva dzakanakisisa, varume vose vari vaviri vakanga vane kombamiro yokuzvidza mumwe nomumwe nenzira yokunyengera. Sezvakataurwa nomumwe mucherekedzi, "mukuru-mukuru Edward angave akafunga kuti Marsh akanga asiri murume akanaka. Nyanzvi yezvedzidzo Othniel zvimwe yairangarira Cope somunhu asina kunyatsogona basa. "Cope naMarsh vakabva mumamiriro ezvinhu akasiyana zvikuru. Cope akaberekerwa mumhuri yakapfuma uye ine simba yeQuaker yakavakirwa muPhiladelphia. Kunyange zvazvo baba vake vaida kuti mwanakomana wavo ashande somurimi, Cope akazviratidza somunhu anoongorora zvinhu zvakasikwa. Muna 1864, akanga ava nhengo yeAcademy of Natural Sciences, Cope akava purofesa wezoology paHaverford College uye akabatana naFerdinand Hayden parwendo rwake rwokumadokero. Kusiyana neizvi, Marsh angadai akakura ari murombo, mwanakomana wemhuri yaitambura muLockport, New York, kudai kwaisava kuti babamunini vake, murombo George Peabody, vaimuitira zvakanaka. Marsh akanyengetedza babamunini vake kuvaka Peabody Museum of Natural History, achiisa Marsh semukuru wemuziyamu. Pamwe chete nenhaka yaakagamuchira kubva kuna Peabody parufu rwake muna 1869, Marsh akanga akasununguka mune zvemari (kunyange zvazvo, pamwe nemhaka yemaonero akaoma aPeabody pamusoro pemuchato, Marsh aizoramba ari bachelor kweupenyu hwose).  Mubvunzo: Marsh akaenzana sei naCope?
vanononoka, vane nhevedzano zvikuru, uye vanozvipinza mukati