Richard Kissel
Richard Kissel
exhibit highlight nice people realize research shows
A lot of people don't realize this is a real research institution. It's nice to be able to highlight scientists' work. This exhibit shows a nice cross-section of scientists.
creatures looked time
The renderings for the first time give us a look at what these creatures looked like and how they moved.
age-and-aging biggest ice predator
It was the biggest predator of the Ice Age. This was the king, the T. rex of the Ice Age.
evolution life
Evolution is a process. As long as there's life on the planet, it can't not happen.
died looking particular
So, after looking at the displays from that particular era, you're able to see what died and why it happened.
accept demanding evolution force held hopefully rigorous science somebody test theories understand
At the end of the day, you can't force somebody to accept evolution. We wouldn't want to do that. But hopefully they'll understand science is a very rigorous process, it's a very demanding process, where we test these theories day in and day out, and evolution is one that has held up for 100 years.
confident earth evolution journey life time
We wanted it to be a well-paced journey through time and have it be as comprehensive as possible. I'm confident this is the most comprehensive look at the evolution of life on Earth in the country, if not the world.