Humans in the Americas

Konovalenko: Gem Carvings of Russian Folk Life

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The Science of Art

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March 15, 2012
The process of scientific discovery is one of observation, data collection, evaluation, and putting forth theories to explain our world. Ideas that have stood for decades are sometimes toppled and new findings revolutionize our thinking. In this Science Bite, Museum scientist Steve Holen talks about the quest to identify the time period in which humans first arrived in the Americas.