The new Hall of Human Origins at the American Museum of Natural History does not have much about language, but it does have a couple of displays.
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The strength and weakness of the American Museum of Natural History's displays in its new Hall of Human Origins is the same issue that haunts its other rooms. Visualization abolishes uncertainty.
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I live two blocks from the American Museum of Natural History so I thought I would check out the new Hall of Human Origins that opened this past weekend.
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