Picks From The Past

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gorilla, Australian aborigine, and modern European skulls
November-December 1933

Man—500,000 Years From Now

A Scientific Attempt to Forecast What May Occur in the Future Evolution of Man

Ambergris is perfume lab
March–April 1933

Floating Gold

The Romance of Ambergris

government coast village
January-February 1932

A Tenderfoot Explorer in New Guinea

Reminiscences of an Expedition for Birds in the Primeval Forests of the Arfak Mountains

expedition car
March-April 1931

The Fate of the Rash Platybelodon

A Prehistoric Death Trap Yields Its Victims to the Explorer

Buffalo Park
December 1919

The Coming Back of the Bison

Under Government and private protection bison have increased

verandaHE VERANDA AT HIGH TIDE: The houses are built upon high piles, and at low tide stand some ten to twelve feet above water level. But at high tide, the lagoon deepens and the veranda becomes a convenient land platform for the canoes which are the only means of transportation in this water Venice.
January-February 1931

Living With the Natives of Melanesia

How Ethnological Work Is Carried on by Representatives of the American Museum among Primitive People of the South Seas

Tail of Uromastyx geyri
November-December 1930

Tails

Caudal Appendages Adapted by Nature to the Needs of Her Creatures

artifacts fossil bison
May-June 1927

The Antiquity of Man in America

Objects of human manufacture recently found in the Southwest

lesser honey guide
May-June 1924

Profiteers of the Busy Bee

Observations on the Honey Guides of Africa

bird's eye view
November-December 1923

Mounting Horse Skeletons to Exemplify Different Gaits and Actions

A Glimpse behind the Scenes at the American Museum

Recent Stories

The way they live, the food they eat, and the effect on us

A true but unlikely tale

Story and Photographs by William Rowan

Increasing day length on the early Earth boosted oxygen released by photosynthetic cyanobacteria.

Genomic evidence shows that Denisovans and modern humans may have overlapped in Wallacea.