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HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic: Reconstructing Environments of Our Ancient Ancestors
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HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic: Reconstructing Environments of Our Ancient Ancestors
HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic: What Chimpanzees Can Tell Us About Human Evolution
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HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic: What Chimpanzees Can Tell Us About Human Evolution
HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic – Archaic Introgression in Modern Humans
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HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic – Archaic Introgression in Modern Humans
HOT Topic – A Colorful Path: What the Ancient Pigment Ochre Tells Us About the Modern Human Mind
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HOT Topic – A Colorful Path: What the Ancient Pigment Ochre Tells Us About the Modern Human Mind
HOT Topic – Your Inner Neanderthal: Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA in Modern Human Genomes
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HOT Topic – Your Inner Neanderthal: Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA in Modern Human Genomes
HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic – Less Is More: The Inclusion of Small Game in Ancient Human Diets
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HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic – Less Is More: The Inclusion of Small Game in Ancient Human Diets
Human Origins Today – From Ancient Teosinte to Modern Corn: The Domestication of Plants and People
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Human Origins Today – From Ancient Teosinte to Modern Corn: The Domestication of Plants and People
Gyotaku Fish Printing with Dwight Hwang
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Gyotaku Fish Printing with Dwight Hwang
Cellphone: Unseen Connections | A Smithsonian Exhibition
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Cellphone: Unseen Connections | A Smithsonian Exhibition
HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic – Chasing Tales: Humans, Dogs, and Evolution
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HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic – Chasing Tales: Humans, Dogs, and Evolution
HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic: Tools, Hippos, and Early Humans at the Dawn of Technology
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HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic: Tools, Hippos, and Early Humans at the Dawn of Technology
HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic – What Is a Species: Clues From the Hominin Fossil Record
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HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic – What Is a Species: Clues From the Hominin Fossil Record
Narrated Virtual Tour: Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals – Pegmatites
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Narrated Virtual Tour: Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals – Pegmatites
Narrated Virtual Tour: Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals – Moon, Meteorites, and Solar System
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Narrated Virtual Tour: Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals – Moon, Meteorites, and Solar System
Narrated Virtual Tour: Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals – Harry Winston Gallery and Hope Diamond
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Narrated Virtual Tour: Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals – Harry Winston Gallery and Hope Diamond
Narrated Virtual Tour: Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals – Introduction
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Narrated Virtual Tour: Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals – Introduction
HOT Topic: The Latest Genetic and Archaeological Evidence for the Peopling of the Americas
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HOT Topic: The Latest Genetic and Archaeological Evidence for the Peopling of the Americas
HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic: A New Age of Exploration in Paleoanthropology
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HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic: A New Age of Exploration in Paleoanthropology
HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic: How Do Paleoanthropologists Identify New Species?
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HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic: How Do Paleoanthropologists Identify New Species?
HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic – Beyond Neanderthals: Ancient DNA and the Denisovans
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HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic – Beyond Neanderthals: Ancient DNA and the Denisovans
What Is a Mineral? Smithsonian Video
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What Is a Mineral? Smithsonian Video
Sant Ocean Hall Virtual Tour for Students | National Museum of Natural History
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Sant Ocean Hall Virtual Tour for Students | National Museum of Natural History
Hall of Fossils-Deep Time Virtual Tour for Students | National Museum of Natural History
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Hall of Fossils-Deep Time Virtual Tour for Students | National Museum of Natural History
Virtual Science Café: Coral Resilience, Colonial Legacies, and Cultural Heritage
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Virtual Science Café: Coral Resilience, Colonial Legacies, and Cultural Heritage
HOT Topic – The Evolution of Skin Tones: A Reflection of Human Adaptation and Health
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HOT Topic – The Evolution of Skin Tones: A Reflection of Human Adaptation and Health
HOT Topic: What Do Molecules in Mud Tell Us About the Environments of Our Early Hominin Ancestors?
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HOT Topic: What Do Molecules in Mud Tell Us About the Environments of Our Early Hominin Ancestors?
HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic – Ancient Pyrotechnology: The Role of Fire in Human Evolution
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HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic – Ancient Pyrotechnology: The Role of Fire in Human Evolution
Virtual Science Café: Ancient Hobbits, Fungus-Farming Ants, and Tracking Volcanoes
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Virtual Science Café: Ancient Hobbits, Fungus-Farming Ants, and Tracking Volcanoes
Forests & Climate Change | How ForestGEO Answers Big Ecological Questions
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Forests & Climate Change | How ForestGEO Answers Big Ecological Questions
What Is an Insect? Smithsonian Video for Kids
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What Is an Insect? Smithsonian Video for Kids