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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.
Scientist Spotlight Videos
A large poster coming out of a printer being grabbed by two hands
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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Emmanuel Kyei-Baffour, Maggy Benson and Molly Kampf seated at a table in a room full of card files and several specimens pictures and tools on the table.

Unlocking Hidden Worlds through Archaeology and Archives

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Illustration of a crossection of a hillside showing horizontal geological layers, some of which have fossils in them.

It's a Date

A Deep Time Lineages Activity
Hands-On Activities
Diagram of skeleton of a bird-like creature, ichthyornis, with some parts labeled

Dinosaurs Take Flight

A Deep Time Lineages Activity
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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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Pilot whale

Whale Evolution

A Deep Time Lineages Activity
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Museum Technician Molly Kamph and host Maggy Benson talk during a Zoom video webinar.

Webinar: Neanderthal Mystery

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Maggy Benson and Dr. Carla Dove seated at a table with several specimens of dead birds and bird feathers.

Forensic Ornithology – Bird Detective

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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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Maggy Benson and Dr. Gabriela Pérez Báez sit at a table with several colorful pictures and brochures.

Recovering Voices – Sustaining Global Linguistic Diversity

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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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