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Gene(sis) Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics Robin Held, curator Organized by the Henry Art Gallery, the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, in affiliation with the Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA. [...]

The article highlights the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins which opened in February 2007 at the American Museum of Natural History. A sweeping and expansive look at human evolution, the author stresses that the hall braids together the complementary and mutually reinforcing evidence from the fossil record and genomic studies. The exhibit is expertly curated by paleo-anthropologist Ian Tattersall and genomics researcher Rob DeSalle. He also discloses that the Hall of Human Origins provides an excellent example of the museum's ability to interpret difficult and complex subjects in ways that the general public will find both approachable and enjoyable.