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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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Do-It-Yourself Exhibits: Free, Print-On-Demand Exhibition Toolkits
Drawing of skeleton of Megatherium cuvieri
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Natural objects, including whitish piece of bone and brown rocks, on cracked, gray substrate.

Fossilization - How Fossils Form

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Paleobiologist Advait Jukar touches a fossil elephant skull that is on a table next to other fossils.

Forgotten Elephants of Deep Time

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Paleontologist and Curator of Dinosauria Matt Carrano and host Maggy Benson talk during a Zoom video webinar

Webinar: Exploring Smithsonian's Dinosaurs

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Maggy Benson and Meet Dr. David Hunt are at a table with several boxes, each with some pieces of bone.

Mummy Science – Natural and Cultural Preserved Remains

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Sabrina Sholts are seated at a table with a black jar, several bones, a small human skeleton, and various tools.

How Bones Reveal Environmental Health

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Forensic anthropologist Kari Bruwelheide holds a human bone while talking with Maggy Benson during a Science How webcast.

Forensic Anthropology – Bone Whispering

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Remains of Jane found in Jamestown, Va. Image shows bones in the ground with a trowel for scale.

Bones and Forensic Anthropology

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Closeup view of stained teeth of skeleton

Bones and Environmental Health

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Allende Meteorite - a rock with sharp edges displayed on a wood surface

Asteroids and Meteorites

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Carlos Mauricio Peredo standing behind a table with a 33 million-year-old early baleen whale fossil on it.

Fossil Whales and Whale Evolution

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Scientist cleaning bones in dinosaur. He is wearing a respirator mask, earphones, and glasses to protect himself from the dust and noise that this process generates

Fossil Preparation from Field to Museum

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Lush green area with several dinosaurs foraging.

Dinosaur Lives and Ecosystems

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