Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History holds many smithsonite specimens from all over the world. The smithsonite specimen above is from New Mexico’s Kelly Mine, a deposit famed for ...

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A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday.

Aiding researchers across the globe, the National Museum of Natural History maintains and preserves the world’s most extensive collection of natural history specimens. Geologists and other scientists ...

Jim Pollard has loved fossil collecting since he was a kid. Now 70, he’s opened a natural history museum in a Blue Earth ...

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Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years ...