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2. Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins - Wikipedia

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   The hall starts with the present homo sapiens and traces its evolution backwards through time, while examining anthropology including music, art and technology.As the visitor winds through the hall, significant stops are made by life sized dioramas of Australopithecus afarensis, Homo ergaster, Neanderthal, and Cro-Magnon in an attempt to demonstrate the behaviors and capabilities of human ...

3. National Museum of Natural History - Wikipedia

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   Rick Potts, head of Smithsonian Human Origins project. The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins opened on March 17, 2010, marking the museum's 100th anniversary. The hall is named for David H. Koch, who contributed $15 million to the $20.7 million exhibit. [62] [63] The Hall is "dedicated to the discovery and understanding of human origins," and ...

4. Rick Potts - Wikipedia

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   Prior to joining the Smithsonian Institution he taught at Yale University and was its Peabody Museum of Natural History curator of Physical Anthropology. [1] He has been involved with early human excavation sites in Africa and Asia. His focus is on how human adaptation and evolution were in response to continuous changes in their environment ...

5. List of Smithsonian museums - Wikipedia

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   Two more Smithsonian museums are located in New York City and one is located in Chantilly, Virginia. The Smithsonian also holds close ties with over 200 museums in all 50 states, as well as Panama and Puerto Rico. [1] These museums are known as Smithsonian Affiliates. Collections of artifacts are given to these museums in the form of long-term ...

6. Wikipedia : GLAM/Smithsonian Institution/To do/National ...

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   New human evolution hall at the National Museum of Natural History Blog Article No New human evolution hall... No Reich+Petch Design International creates new exhibition hall devoted to human origins opening at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History News Article No Reich+Petch Design International... No O'Sullivan, Michael.

7. Stories from the Vaults - Wikipedia

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   This episode goes behind the scenes and see what might be called "extreme conservation": like saving animals from the brink of extinction; finding new ways to preserve a provocative work of art; or reviving an entire genre of music. Also learn what Smithsonian experts are doing to protect the best aspects of our world for future generations.

8. American Museum of Natural History - Wikipedia

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   [247] [248] When it first opened in 1921, the hall was known as the "Hall of the Age of Man", the only major exhibition in the United States to present an in-depth investigation of human evolution. [249] The displays traced the story of Homo sapiens, illuminated the path of human evolution and examined the origins of human creativity. [250]

9. Kay Behrensmeyer - Wikipedia

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   She is a pioneer in the study of the fossil records of terrestrial ecosystems and engages in geological and paleontological field research into the ecological context of human evolution in East Africa. She is Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology in the Department of Paleobiology at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History ...