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Painter of the Prehistoric- Charles R. Knight

I thought you'd like this article from the LA Times Calendar Section section on July 22, 2012: http:// soc.li/8gR94SZ Review: 'Charles R. Knight' by Richard Milner Charles R. Knight

Antarctica warmer 20 million years ago

This is an article from USC's School of Liberal Arts now called Dornsife's on the effect of climate on Antarctica 20 million years ago and much warmer..  You may visit the page by clicking on the URL below or pasting it into your browser. http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/1189/antarctica-warmer-20-million-years-ago/

Human Migration to the Americas

thought you'd like this: http://soc.li/y1Wm27S DNA study bolsters disputed view of migration into North America Supporting a controversial view of how humans might have populated the Western Hemisphere, geneticists have found that groups from Asia traveled over the Bering Strait into North America in at least three separate migrations beginning more than 15,000 years ago — not in a single wave, as has been widely thought. As publixhed in the LA Times main section on July 12, 012

A Celebration of 50 Years of Docents at the NHM

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The 50th Docent Anniversary party was held on June 19, 2012 to honor past docent graduation classes as well as past and present docents.  Following the pictures, there is a two-part video of Gretchen Sibley, the original docent instigator and coordinator.   You can click on the pictures to enlarge. Table decorations by Teresa Teresa with her table decorations