The new Hall of Human Origins opened in 2010 and it is stunning. The shear number of human fossil remains and fragments along with dozens of artifacts mapping out the couple hundred thousand years of human evolution are mind-boggling. Gone are all the cheesy caveman-ikins (see what I did there?) and in their place are a series of lovely bronze sculptures. At one point to can walk up to a model of cave covered in carefully reproduced examples of cave art like those found in southern Europe. And the narrative of how man's physical and intellectual evolution affected our understanding of our sense of meaning and relationship with the world around us is told in a most compelling manner.
Full disclosure, I am aware that many find fault with the exhibit for not emphasizing our current conundrum of global warming and climate change, and you what? I say, bullshit. Honestly, no single exhibit can do everything, and I can't help but believe that the only reason this is an issue here is because of the financial underpinning of a Koch brother.
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