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Introduction
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
The Hall of Human Ancestors
What's Hot in Paleoanthropology
Frequently Asked Questions
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Acknowledgements
Dentitions of East Africa Large Mammals Database
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About the Human Origins Program
Introduction
NSF HOMINID grant: Adaptability Project
Field Research
Dispatches from the field:
Summer 1999
Summer 2004
Field Projects in China
Field Projects in India
Field Projects in Kenya
Public Outreach
National Museums of Kenya
Public Exhibits
The Human Origins Team at the Smithsonian
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Summary of Human Origins
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The Hall of Human Ancestors
Quick Time Virtual Reality Movies (QTVR)
Enter the Hall
Primate Origins
Anatomy of Primates
Human Family Tree
Ardipithecus ramidus
Australopithecus anamensis
Australopithecus afarensis
Australopithecus africanus
Australopithecus garhi
Paranthropus aethiopicus
Paranthropus boisei
Paranthropus robustus
Homo habilis
Homo rudolfensis
Homo ergaster
Homo erectus
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo neanderthalensis
Homo sapiens
Catalogue of Specimens
AL 200-1
AL 129-1
Laetoli footprints
Australopithecus afarensis composite skull
Taung I
Makapansgat composite skull
STS 5
STS 71
KNM WT 17000
OH 5
KNM ER 406
KNM ER 732
KNM WT 17400
KNM ER 2300
Peninj Mandible
SK 46
SK 48
TM 1517
OH 7
KNM ER 1813
KNM ER 1805
OH 24
KNM ER 1470
KNM ER 3733
KNM ER 992
KNM ER 3883
KNM WT 15000
Trinil 2
NG 6
Weidenriech Reconstruction
Sangiran 2
Mauer 1
Kabwe cranium
La Ferrassie I
La Chappell-aux-Saints I
Le Moustier
Shanidar I
Cro-Magnon I
Wadjak I
Skhul IV
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What's Hot
2003
Coming soon
2002
Remains of
Homo erectus
from Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia
Intra- and Interspecific Variation in Primate Gene Expression Patterns
2001
Homo sapiens
"Get Smart" in Africa
Late Miocene Hominids from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia
Earliest Presence of Humans in Northeast Asia
New Hominin Genus from Eastern Africa Shows Diverse Middle Pliocene Lineages
2000
Anatomical Evidence for Knuckle-walking Found in Early Human Fossils
Mid-Pleistocene Acheulean-like Stone Technology of the Bose Basin, China
Early Human Occupation of the Red Sea Coast of Eritrea during the Last Interglacial
Earliest Pleistocene Hominid Cranial Remains from Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia
1999
Australopithecus garhi: A New Species of Early Hominid from Ethiopia
1998
Endocranial Capacity in Early Hominid Cranium from Sterkfontein, South Africa
One-Million-Year-Old Cranium of Genus Homo found in Eritrea
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Description of Radiometric Dating
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Frequently Asked Questions
Summary of Human Origins
List of Frequently Asked Questions
Current displays at the Smithsonian
When did things evolve?
Differences between the races
What about DNA?
How does one become a paleoanthropologist?
Why do we have wisdom teeth?
What is the missing link?
How do you define "human"?
Why do we get goosebumps?
Peopling of the Americas
When and why did we lose our body hair?
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Early Humans vs Hominid
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