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Human Origins Exhibit Opens



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30,000-year-old handprint from Chauvet Cave in France. Photo by James DiLoreto and Donald Hurlbert, Smithsonian Institution

March 17, 2010 -- The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History has opened a new exhibit dedicated to the discovery and understanding of human origins. The National Academy of Sciences consulted on the project and is a partner institution for the exhibit. On March 31, the Smithsonian will host a public event to discuss the findings and recommendations for the National Research Council report, Understanding Climate's Influence on Human Evolution, with several members of the committee that wrote the report.