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Emmanuel Kyei-Baffour, Maggy Benson and Molly Kampf seated at a table in a room full of card files and several specimens pictures and tools on the table.

Unlocking Hidden Worlds through Archaeology and Archives

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Webinar: Natural History at Home – Exploring the Art of Ancient Humans

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Seminario Web: Historia Natural En Casa: Lenguajes Mixtecas y Mayas - Presente, Pasado, y Futuro

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Archaeologist Ella Beaudoin

Webinar: Natural History at Home – How Archaeologists Learn from Objects Left Behind

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Archaeologist Maria Martinez explains a presentation slide on archaeological digs

Seminario Web: Historia Natural en Casa - Arqueología, Objetos e Historia

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A girl holding a craft ball she made during a science program at the museum.

Video: Kids, you are just like scientists!

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Paleoanthropologist Briana Pobiner talks about the Human Origins website during a Zoom video webinar

Webinar: A Tour of the Human Origins Website

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Webinar: Teen Earth Optimism – Exploring Cellphone Sustainability

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Webinar: A Tour of the Written in Bone Website

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Video screenshot of two images of Jennifer Clark using a microscope, and using tweezers to pick up tiny bones

Webinar: Tiny Fossil Animal Bones as Clues to Early Human Environments

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Briana Pobiner sitting at an archaeological field site.

Webinar: Archaeology Fieldwork in Kenya

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Paleoanthropologist Briana Pobiner and Archaeologist Ella Beaudoin

Webinar: Trash to Treasure – How Archaeologists Learn About the Past

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