What Kirk Saw

Feather dinos! Feather Dinos with colors An Oviraptorid nest, with a comparison to a brooding Peregrine– a thing “wings” could be used for before flight.. Antarctic Explorer Lincoln Ellsworth’s shotgun : Australopithecines! Smithsonite (Magdalena’s official mineral) TR & Kirk

Visiting the American Museum

For a certain group of American naturalists, probably mostly for boys growing up in the fifties, the AMNH in New York City, referred to familiarly as “The American Museum”,  was the greatest influence, almost a mentor in itself .  (Though one must be wary of such sweeping statements. Will Beebe probably did more for women …

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