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Developed by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and funded by the National Science Foundation, "Surviving: The Body of Evidence" is an interactive exhibition that explores the process of evolution and its profound impact on humans. The exhibit is on display at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History June 6 through Aug. 30.
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Glass jars, each holding an object or some item of importance to the work of seven major evolutionary thinkers, are highlighted in the "Witnessing Evolution" section of the exhibition "Surviving: The Body of Evidence" at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Photo credit: Lauren Hansen-Flaschen, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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In "Surviving: The Body of Evidence," an exhibition at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, visitors can examine the fossil record of human evolution in the "Finding Our Human Ancestors" section. This time tunnel of human evolution, featuring touchable casts of fossils, gives the visitor a direct connection with the evidence used by scientists to understand human evolutionary history.
Photo credit: Lauren Hansen-Flaschen, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Visitors will be able to see how their hands measure up against replicas of a gorilla's in the interactive exhibition "Surviving: The Body of Evidence" at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Photo credit: Lauren Hansen-Flaschen, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Visitors can learn about some of the world's most brilliant scientists and their work in the “Witnessing Evolution” section of the exhibition "Surviving: The Body of Evidence" at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Here, a visitor peers into a glass jar holding models of finches, birds that Charles Darwin studied extensively.
Photo credit: Lauren Hansen-Flaschen, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Visitors can examine casts of fossilized bones from the primate and human evolutionary record in "Surviving: The Body of Evidence," an interactive exhibition that explores the process of evolution and its profound impact on humans. The exhibit runs June 6 through Aug. 30 at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Photo credit: Lauren Hansen-Flaschen, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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