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First Stories: The Ice Age Art of Sulawesi

Left: a brown, cracked skull; right: a group of people sitting on the short of a river, with two people standing and addressing the group

6,000-Year-Old Skull Could Be from the World’s Earliest Known Tsunami Victim

The Aitape skull, the 6,000-year-old cranium that scientists believe belongs to the world’s earliest known tsunami victim. 

6,000-Year-Old Skull Could Be from the World's Earliest Known Tsunami Victim

The Evolution of Human Birth

Two sculptures, created by French paleoartist Elisabeth Daynès, give a breathtakingly lifelike look at human relatives—Homo ergaster and Homo neanderthalensis.

Bringing Neanderthals to Life: Sculptures of Elisabeth Daynès

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Copyright ès — Reconstructions: Elisabeth Daynès Paris

What are the feathers in those Amazonian headdresses?

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How many trees are there in the Amazon?

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Media

Floor Stains and Ancient Ales

Putting Heads Together

Using Modern Technology to Construct Ancient Ritual

Radiography of a Baining Mask

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The importance of collaborations

Piecing Together Early Societies

Rehousing Sulka Masks

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The Bird Halls, maps, and Downy Woodpeckers in the Chicago region

Looking into Nature's Toolbox

Science at FMNH : Ep. 43 - Ancient Trade and Exchange in East Africa

Conserving Sticky

Science at FMNH : Ep. 42 – The Production of Maya Blue

Science at FMNH : Ep. 41 – Ancient Trade and Political Relationships in South America

Science at FMNH : Ep. 40 - Ancient Trade and Exchange

Dear Benjamin Walsh

Science at FMNH : Ep. 38 - Urbanism in Eastern Africa

Science at FMNH : Ep. 37 - Roles of Households in Prehispanic Mesoamerica

Science at FMNH : Ep. 36 - Discovering Early European Societies

Science at FMNH : Ep. 35 - Exploring Kish

Crawford and Devon, 76 years ago

CT Scanning our Mummies

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CT scan of a mummy

Preparing for XRF in the Regenstein Lab

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Unwrapping An Ancient Mystery

CT Scans Unravel Mysteries of Field Museum's Mummies

Cross-sectioning fibers

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Media for Portable X-ray Fluorescence (PXRF)

Lasers, Ceramics, and Numbers

Photo Archives General Gallery

Photo Archives Anthropology Gallery

Media for Culture

Jamie Kelly

Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal connections between prehistoric people

Early Humans

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6,000-Year-Old Skull Could Be from the World's Earliest Known Tsunami Victim

The Evolution of Human Birth

Bringing Neanderthals to Life: Sculptures of Elisabeth Daynès

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Jamie Kelly

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Ancient tools from a South African cave reveal connections between prehistoric people

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First Stories: The Ice Age Art of Sulawesi