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Surviving: The Body of Evidence

December 1, 2008 | Exhibitions
The University of Pennsylvania Museum received a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop, install, and evaluate an exhibition on human evolution. The exhibition, entitled Surviving: The Body of Evidence, opened in May, 2008. It was produced and first exhibited in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology and will travel to other venues across the United States. Surviving is a ground-breaking exhibition which looks at contemporary human beings in the context of their evolutionary history. Containing approximately 4,000 square feet of artifacts, interactives and multimedia presentations, Surviving is targeted towards visitors ages 10 and up. Surviving shows visitors the connections between the process of evolution and their own abilities, limitations, and cultural experiences. They discover how our evolutionary past defines our bodies, our minds, our culture, and our possible destiny. Goals of the exhibit are for visitors to discover that: All life forms, including humans, are linked. Human beings are the product of an evolutionary process. Scientists are constantly searching for, finding, and interpreting evidence of that process. The evolutionary process and its outcomes have a profound impact on every aspect of our daily lives. Human beings, as they appear today, are not an end product - nor are they perfect.

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  • 2013 10 16 MindaBorun
    Evaluator
    Museum Solutions
  • University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
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    Funders

    NSF
    Funding Program: AISL
    Award Number: 0337243
    Funding Amount: 1875030
    Resource Type: Summative
    Discipline: Education and learning science | Life science
    Audience: Families | Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Adults | Seniors | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits

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