Posted on 10/14/2009 6:49:44 PM PDT by HokieMom
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History plans to open a hall next year dedicated to the story of human evolution over 6 million years, officials announced Wednesday.
The nearly $21 million Hall of Human Origins will follow milestones in history - when humans started walking upright and started speaking, for example - as well as the impact of climate change and extinction of ancient species. It's scheduled to open on March 17, 2010, marking the museum's 100th anniversary on the National Mall.
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This is the Smithsonian's first permanent exhibit focused solely on human evolution. It will include hundreds of fossils, reconstructed faces of early humans and 75 cast reproductions of skulls. Interactives will show the human family tree and current research around the world.
The museum also is establishing an advisory group called the Broader Social Impacts Committee to foster discussion on how scientific and religious perspectives on human origins can be compatible. Potts said many people of deep religious faith also want to understand "how the science informs who we are."
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The 15,000 square-foot hall is being funded by David H. Koch, a chemical engineer and executive vice president of energy company Koch Industries Inc. of Wichita, Kan. It will be named in his honor for his $15 million donation.
Koch, a billionaire who lives in New York City, was the Libertarian Party's vice presidential candidate in 1980. He has been a donor to conservative causes as well as educational, medical and cultural groups.
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Another major funder of the project is physicist Peter Buck, co-founder of Subway restaurants, who gave $15 million to fund ongoing research and to begin new education programs. The funds will establish the Peter Buck Chair in Human Origins at the museum.
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National Museum of Natural History: http://www.mnh.si.edu/
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Will include apes evolving from humans?
The Smithsonian has followed the same path as the Nobel prize committee in making itself irrelevant through their desperate attempts at shallow propaganda. If you don’t believe me, check out their American History museum sometime. It’s just another temple dedicated to Polical Correct leftism. I wonder what they’ll do to trash the Air & Space museum next?
And at the very bottom of the evolutionary ladder - somewhat below the amoeba - will be congressmen and women, and senators.
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/44163/178/
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-fossils2-2009oct02,0,3420742.story
This is great. Now, finally, I’ll be able to go and see a logical, exact, highly specific, coherent presentation of exactly how complex proteins were constructed by totally blind random unforeseen chemical interactions so as to produce complex organisms of such diversity that it is mathematically impossible. Oh boy, this is gonna be GREAT! Will they have popcorn there?
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Gonna be a Doozy!
Cheers!
As if all of the exhibits at the Smithsonians aren’t already based on the theory of evolution.
mega dittoes!
Ummm.....never mind, I'm not going to say it.
Am I supposed to be upset about this? There are creationist museums as well.
I would encourage my kids to visit all of them.
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