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Home to more than 200 scientists who work across the broad disciplines of anthropology, astrophysics, biology, Earth and planetary sciences, and paleontology, as well as to one of the world's most extraordinary collections of specimens and artifacts, the Museum is a leading research institution with world-class facilities and researchers who carry out 100 field expeditions around the world each year.
Through the Richard Gilder Graduate School, it is the only museum in the United States to award the Ph.D. degree.
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Latest Ape from Europe Moved Unlike Any Primate Alive Today
New research from Museum scientists found that an ancient ape from Europe was likely a climber.
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Mystery Marine Organism Identified as Giant Sea Anemone
Relicanthus daphneae’s stinging capsules led researchers to determine that it belonged within its own suborder of Ac...
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New Study Sheds Light on Location of Black Hole Mergers
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Fossil Femur Shows Apes, Old World Monkeys Move Differently Than Ancestor
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20-Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals Anthropoid Primate Brains Evolved More Than Once
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Large Sea Snakes, Giant Catfish Once Swam in the Sahara
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