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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Geologist Elizabeth Cottrell gestures with her hands while sitting at a table talking to two students.

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Juan Rodriguez holding a Giant panda.
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Drawing of skeleton of Megatherium cuvieri
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Looking down at a beige skeleton of a boy that is partially excavated in a pit in the ground.

Forensic Anthropology

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3 skulls (cranium only) against a black background.

Human Evolution

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Adult walking, cub standing on two feet looking at camera.

Arctic Landscapes and Peoples

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Smithsonian forensic anthropologist points out area of interest in a piece of bone to students.

Written in Bone Microsite

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A prehistoric, reddish-brown painting of animals on a rock shelter in Mashonaland, Zimbabwe

Make Your Own Cave and Cave Art

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Color illustration of an ancient human making art on a cave wall

Handprints of Your Family

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Natural Jewelry

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Create an Imaginary Animal

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Two men holding specimen sample sheets in the center of plant collection storage aisle. More are on the shelves behind them.

Collecting Natural History

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Painting of a swamp that has green colored ferns and plants. Foreground tree barks are brown, those in the distance are bare.

Global Climate Change in Perspective

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