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Human Evolution Timeline Interactive
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Kanam, Kenya
Kanjera, Kenya
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Evolution of Human Innovation
Adventures in the Rift Valley: Interactive
Asian Research Projects
'Hobbits' on Flores, Indonesia
Earliest Humans in China
Bose, China
Anthropocene: The Age of Humans
Fossil Forensics: Interactive
What's Hot in Human Origins?
Digital Archive of Ungulate and Carnivore Dentition
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Laetoli Footprint Trails
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La Madeleine, Dordogne, France
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One Species, Living Worldwide
Dating
Human Evolution Timeline Interactive
Human Family Tree
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Olorgesailie, Kenya
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Human Characteristics
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Humans Change the World
Education
Introduction to Human Evolution
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Nuts and bolts classification: Arbitrary or not? (Grades 6-8)
Comparison of Human and Chimp Chromosomes (Grades 9-12)
Hominid Cranial Comparison: The "Skulls" Lab (Grades 9-12)
Investigating Common Descent: Formulating Explanations and Models (Grades 9-12)
For College Students
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Why do we get goose bumps?
Chickens, chimpanzees, and you - what do they have in common?
Grandparents are unique to humans
How strong are we?
Humans are handy!
Humans: the running ape
Our big hungry brain!
Our eyes say it!
The early human tool kit
The short-haired human!
The “Nutcracker”
What can lice tell us about human evolution?
What does gut got to do with it?
Why do paleoanthropologists love Lucy?
Why do we have wisdom teeth?
Human Origins Glossary
Teaching Evolution through Human Examples
Frequently Asked Questions
Exhibit
Exhibit Floorplan
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Print Floorplan PDF
Reconstructions of Early Humans
Human Origins Traveling Exhibit
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Mustansir Mir
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Jamie L. Jensen
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Joe Watkins (Emeritus)
Tom Weinandy (Emeritus)
David Orenstein
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Members Thoughts on Science, Religion & Human Origins (video)
Science, Religion, Evolution and Creationism: Primer
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The Evolution of Religious Belief: Seeking Deep Evolutionary Roots
Laboring for Science, Laboring for Souls: Obstacles and Approaches to Teaching and Learning Evolution in the Southeastern United States
Public Event : Religious Audiences and the Topic of Evolution: Lessons from the Classroom (video)
Evolution and the Anthropocene: Science, Religion, and the Human Future
Imagining the Human Future: Ethics for the Anthropocene
Human Evolution and Religion: Questions and Conversations from the Hall of Human Origins
I Came from Where? Approaching the Science of Human Origins from Religious Perspectives
Religious Perspectives on the Science of Human Origins
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