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[image] Find Your Place in the Human Family Tree
Posted Mon, 07/22/2019 - 12:43pm

Find Your Place in the Human Family Tree

Our species is one expression of a much broader human family that’s existed for over four million years.
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Tags: anthropology, paleontology
[image] You Found a Fossil. Now What?
Posted Mon, 07/01/2019 - 3:26am

You Found a Fossil. Now What?

Utah is a fossil wonderland, but here's what you should know if you stumble upon something prehistoric.
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Tags: paleontology
[image] New Study Reveals Secrets of Crocodiles’ Smile
Posted Thu, 06/27/2019 - 7:12am

New Study Reveals Secrets of Crocodiles’ Smile

Research carried out at the Museum reveals some surprises about what prehistoric crocodile relatives ate.
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Tags: paleontology
[image] New Archaeology Guidelines Set to Save Old Collections
Posted Sun, 06/16/2019 - 2:02pm

New Archaeology Guidelines Set to Save Old Collections

A handy new guide will help expert archaeologists better preserve collections that have gone neglected until now.
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Tags: archaeology
[image] Utah Fireflies Light Up the Night
Posted Sat, 06/01/2019 - 8:05am

Utah Fireflies Light Up the Night

Lightning bugs aren't a rarity in the Beehive State. They're all over.
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Tags: entomology
[image] Juvenile Utahceratops Reveals Dinosaur Secrets
Posted Tue, 05/28/2019 - 2:22pm

Juvenile Utahceratops Reveals Dinosaur Secrets

A newly-reconstructed Utahceratops in the Past Worlds gallery helps show how dinosaurs grew up.
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Tags: paleontology
[image] New Study Explores How Utah's Fremont Farmers Watered Their Crops
Posted Mon, 04/29/2019 - 3:09pm

New Study Explores How Utah's Fremont Farmers Watered Their Crops

Research by NHMU archaeologists considers how Fremont people balanced the costs and benefits of watering crops.
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Tags: archaeology
[image] Carving Out a Kosmoceratops
Posted Mon, 04/29/2019 - 7:17am

Carving Out a Kosmoceratops

Should you find yourself wandering by the City County building downtown Salt Lake City, take a moment to look up and inspect the decorations on the outside of the building. You may just spot an ornate, and familiar, many-horned face--Kosmoceratops.
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Tags: paleontology
[image] Magnificent Utah Beast Lived Under the Feet of Dinosaurs
Posted Wed, 04/17/2019 - 8:14am

Magnificent Utah Beast Lived Under the Feet of Dinosaurs

An ancient skull reveals a fossil mammal that was large for its time.
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Tags: paleontology
[image] Don't Fear the Widow
Posted Wed, 03/20/2019 - 12:07pm

Don't Fear the Widow

Black widows aren't as scary as you might think.
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Tags: arachnology