Human Origins Celebration Comes To Cleveland Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History: The Cleveland Museum of Natural History (1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 441060 is hosting Human Origins Day on September 14, beginning at 10:00 AM. Cost for admission is free for members. Non -members are included with Museum admission.

Learn about our past as you explore Museum specimens, interact with our scientists, and participate in hands-on activities.

· Do you know how to walk like a chimpanzee? How about an alligator? Visit the Smead Discovery Center to practice your animal walks and learn about the bones that control these movements.

· Grab a gallery guide to navigate your way through our human-origins exhibits, including Finding Lucy.

· Think like a physical anthropologist and solve a fossil-hunter puzzle.

· Compare bones of a modern human to early hominins.

· Talk with Museum staff and local scientists about the origins of humans.

· Register for a special $3 workshop to learn about our family tree.

OUR FAMILY TREE: FAMILY WORKSHOP

11:30AM AND 1:30PM

Join us for a 45-minute family workshop as we learn how humans evolved. Discover what makes us human and learn about the hominin ancestors that make up our family tree. By identifying a mystery fossil collected in the field, families will earn the title Honorary Physical Anthropologist. You’ll have the opportunity to compare the skeletons of quadrupedal and bipedal animals, and collect real-time data to solve the mystery.

$3/person; 30 participant limit