Bones

=Become a Bone Detective - Identifying Vertebrate Bones.=

A **zooarchaeologist** looks at the shapes of bones to identify what animal it belongs to. **[|More...]**

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In the Display...

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s not a bird's.
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different spine.
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and a radius from an ulna.
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Then build a Fur Seal's flipper from a box of buried bones.....

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Cleaning a skull, marvelling at a Mako and threading together a dolphin's spine.....

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Go further....

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**[|Explore the Hall of Skeletons]**
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Conduct a total knee replacement surgery**[| here]**
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=Then...=

**Visit two very different cemeteries: A Mexican Day of the Dead cemetery and the Paris Catacombs**

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during Loa Dias de Los Muertos - **DAYS OF THE DEAD... [|more...]**
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Decorate a skull for a graveyard cross.
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The Paris Catacombs

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**[|Visit the Paris Catacombs]**
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This is a very spooky place to visit!
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Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 - 1985)

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**[|Georgia O'Keeffe Gallery]**
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are very famous.
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//Horse's Skull on Blue, 1930// || //Pelvis 1, 1944// || //Thigh Bone with Black Stripe, 1930// ||
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