Based on a popular Smithsonian exhibition, Exploring Human Origins seeks to engage a wide spectrum of audiences in the complex field of human evolution research.
The opportunity is open to public libraries. Nineteen sites will be selected to host the 40-panel, 1,200-square-foot exhibition for four weeks each between April 2015 and April 2017.
Through panels, interactive kiosks, hands-on displays, and videos, Exploring Human Origins invites audiences to explore milestones in the evolutionary journey of becoming human — from walking upright, creating technology and eating new foods, to brain enlargement and the development of symbolic language and complex societies — milestones that define the unique position of humans in the history of life.
The exhibition is offered by ALA’s Public Programs Office in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Human Origins Program. It is made possible through the support of a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
The traveling exhibition is based on the Smithsonian’s What Does It Mean to Be Human?, which opened in 2010; over 20 million people have visited the Hall of Human Origins exhibition since its opening.
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