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位於華盛頓特區史密森尼國家自然歷史博物館最近揭幕了戴維·H·科赫人類起源館,這是該博物館關於人類進化的全新常設展覽。 在那裡,參觀者可以追溯大約六百萬年的人類史前史,從類猿生物(如沙赫人猿)到解剖學意義上的現代智人,從最早的工具製造者到最早的藝術家。繪畫、雕塑、化石複製品,甚至一些原始化石(包括來自伊拉克的尼安德特人骨骼)與互動展示相結合,將人類非凡的奧德賽之旅完整地展現在眼前。

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Kate Wong is an award-winning science writer and senior editor at 大眾科學 focused on evolution, ecology, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology and animal behavior. She is fascinated by human origins, which she has covered for more than 25 years. Recently she has become obsessed with birds. Her reporting has taken her to caves in France and Croatia that Neandertals once called home, to the shores of Kenya's Lake Turkana in search of the oldest stone tools in the world, to Madagascar on an expedition to unearth ancient mammals and dinosaurs, to the icy waters of Antarctica, where humpback whales feast on krill, and on a "Big Day" race around the state of Connecticut to find as many bird species as possible in 24 hours. Kate is co-author, with Donald Johanson, of Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins. She holds a bachelor of science degree in biological anthropology and zoology from the University of Michigan. Follow Wong on X (formerly Twitter) @katewong

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