Meet the Scientist Studying 'Fossil Snapshots' of Ancient Insect Life
Paleobiologist Scott Lakeram analyzes 300-million-year-old coal ball fossils to reveal prehistoric plant-insect interactions frozen in time
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How Do You Clean an 11-Ton Elephant? One Brushstroke at a Time
The National Museum of Natural History recently spruced up its iconic African elephant mount, which has greeted visitors since 1959
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15 Years Later, the National Museum of Natural History Is Still Asking What It Means to Be Human
The museum’s groundbreaking Hall of Human Origins centers around the adaptations that set early humans apart
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Smithsonian Scientists Discover That Traditional Agricultural Practices in the Amazon Helped Yield an Enduring Crop Clone
Genetic analyses and interviews with Indigenous farmers revealed that most manioc crops resemble each other across time and space
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