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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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A large poster coming out of a printer being grabbed by two hands
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Drawing of skeleton of Megatherium cuvieri
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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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Large butterfly with black wings and pink body

Butterfly Colors and Biomimicry

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An Island Fox standing on a gravel path next to a bush. The fox has a grey face and rump with a reddish brown body.

Island Biodiversity Past to Future

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Two men sitting on rocks in the woods, the one on the left pressing plants between pages and the other watching.

World Languages: Diversity, Endangerment, and Revitalization

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Mummified bird inside an oblong ceramic tube.

Mummies and Mummification

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Grayish-brown stone with a curved bottom and jagged top.

Early Human Evolution and Culture

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Cell phone back has been removed and held between two hands.

Cellphone Science

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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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