The Last Biped Standing? Climate Change and Evolutionary Exceptionalism at the Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins
The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins, housed at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, is one of the most visited science exhibits in the world, but it has sparked controversy since its opening. Critics have worried that ties to Koch Industries have distorted the exhibition's pr...
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Equinox Publ.
2019
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Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 13, Issue: 4, Pages: 455-478 |
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National Museum of Natural History
/ Koch, David H. 1940-2019
/ Evolution
/ Exhibition
/ Anthropocentrism
/ Anthropogenous climate-change
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Anthropocene
B Climate Change B David H. Koch B Human Evolution B Smithsonian B Secular Religion |
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