Both ancient human species showed signs of simultaneously using their hands to move around – such as by climbing trees – as ...

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At a time when it is under scrutiny from the White House, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and ...

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At a ceremony at the Smithsonian Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland, Hawaiians honor Chief Keaoua Kekuaokalani. He ...

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The institution denied reports that objects related to the Civil Rights Movement will be removed from two museums amid Trump’s threats to erase “race-centered ideology.” ...