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The museum’s groundbreaking Hall of Human Origins centers around the adaptations that set early humans apart
Jack Tamisiea
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Emily Driehaus
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Chihiro Kai
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Naomi Greenberg
March 7, 2024
Emma Saaty & Jack Tamisiea
January 4, 2024
Ellyn Lapointe
December 7, 2023
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Emma Saaty
March 3, 2023
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Lyric Aquino
December 2, 2022
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Madison Goldberg
January 31, 2022
Tess Joosse
December 9, 2021
Erin Malsbury
December 31, 2020
15 Years Later, the National Museum of Natural History Is Still Asking What It Means to Be Human
Smithsonian Scientists Discover That Traditional Agricultural Practices in the Amazon Helped Yield an Enduring Crop Clone
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