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Seminario Web: Historia Natural en Casa - La Astronomía Maya

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Webinar: Camp Croods at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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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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Maggy Benson and Dr. Joshua A. Bell sit at a table with several cell phones and various rocks and shells.

Unseen Connections – A Natural History of the Cellphone

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Recovering Voices – Sustaining Global Linguistic Diversity

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Mummy Science – Natural and Cultural Preserved Remains

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Torben Rick are seated at a table with several furry specimens in front of them.

Island Biodiversity – Tracking Human Influences

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Briana Pober sit at a table with casts of early human skulls, their stone tools, and the skull of a carnivore.

Human Evolution – Early Human Diets

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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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