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'Age of Mammals' at the Natural History Museum
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The L.A. County institution tracks the evolution of the creatures in its new exhibit in the facility's recently renovated northern wing.

By Suzanne Muchnic, Special to the Los Angeles Times

July 4 2010

How do you squeeze 65 million years of mammalian history into an eye-popping, mind-bending, crowd-pleasing exhibition?

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http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-natural-history-museum-20100704,0,3635610.story

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