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Video screenshot showing three images: A man putting together a small dinosaur skeleton on a table; a woman speaking sign language; and another woman in front of a full bookcase.

Webinar – Building Dinosaurs: Behind the Scenes

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Three rectangular windows showing Briana Pobiner, a woman doing sign language, and a pair of paper cutout hands.

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

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Video frame of three people in a Zoom webinar: Laura Haynes, Kay Behrensmeyer, and Camilla Souto

Women Scientists Share Their Stories: Kay Behrensmeyer and Camilla Souto

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Video frame showing three people in a webinar: Laura Haynes, Amanda Lawrence, and Briana Pobiner

Women Scientists Share Their Stories: Amanda Lawrence and Briana Pobiner

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Video frame of Alexandra Kralick smiling while sitting in front of a fireplace.

Webinar: Climate Change Threatens Great Ape Biology

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Food journalist Mark Bittman, a light-skinned man wearing glasses and a blue and white checked shirt

An Evening with Mark Bittman: The History and Future of Food

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Montage of three images from a video webinar: Gale Robertson, a medium-skinned woman with long, black hair; Briana Pobiner, a light-skinned woman with brown hair down to her chin, and Nate Wragg, a light-skinned man with dark brown hair, beard, mustache, and soul patch.

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

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Presentation slide with map of the world with illustrations of ancient large animals on it.

Webinar: Did Humans Cause Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinctions?

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Archaeologist Ella Beaudoin

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

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A medium-dark skinned woman smiling in front of a bookcase

Webinar: Teen Earth Optimism – Exploring Food Security and Urban Gardening

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A group of young children in yellow shirts gathered in front of a table with large bones on it.

Video: Kids, you are just like scientists!

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Deep human footprint in the ground

Webinar: Fossilized Footprints Reveal a Snapshot of Early Human Life

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