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Meet the Scientist Decoding Human History in South America Through Giant Ground Sloth Fossils

Thaís Pansani examines the marks humans left on megafauna bones to determine when people arrived in South America and how they interacted with giant mammals

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Fetching Fossils and Unwrapping Mannequins: Here’s What Happens When a Museum Exhibition Closes

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This Fall at the Museum: Fossils, Fossils and More Fossils!

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Check Out These Wondrous Objects on Display Before They Return to the Museum’s Collection

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Dusting Dinosaurs and Elephants: How Specialists Keep the Museum’s Largest Treasures Spotless

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Meet the Smithsonian Fellow Alumni Helping to Save the Planet

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Just Our Type: Museum's Dinosaur Skeleton Becomes the Scientific Standard for Its Species

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Newly Discovered Fossil from the Smithsonian’s Collection Named After Kermit the Frog

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day With the Ocean’s Oddest Couples and More Natural History Programs This February

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Uncovering Earth's Secrets One X-ray at a Time

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Meet the Scientist Studying the Scary Speed of Spider Jaws

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What a Drawerful of Dung Reveals About the Lives of Ground Sloths

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How Smithsonian Fossil Preparators Are Re-Excavating a Tyrannosaur From Its Past on Display

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Get Up Close With Bat Specimens and More Natural History Programs This October

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Dino-Sore: Smithsonian Paleontologist Diagnoses Ancient Ailments in the Museum’s Dinosaurs

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Smithsonian Scientists Discover One of the Earliest Mammal Ancestors That Ate Its Veggies

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Clay-Encrusted Microbes Provide Clues to How Early Life Developed on Earth and Potentially Mars

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Smithsonian Scientists Unearth Signs of an Ancient Climate Calamity Buried Beneath the Seafloor

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2022 in Review: Smithsonian Staff Sifts Through an Ocean of Fossils

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Meet the Smithsonian Director Bringing a Deep Time Perspective to the International Climate Discussion

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