(1) In a second series of short videos about artifacts in the collection of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Dr. Michele Koons reveals some treasures safely stored there. In the process, she digs a bit into topics you may not have known about before. (2) A tree from the distant time when dinosaurs roamed, of a species thought to have gone extinct perhaps 5 million years ago, surfaced in a remote area of China amidst WWII. A battle over academic credit for this discovery ignored the role of the original Chinese discoverer.
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Web links:
Dawn Redwood: 20th Century Botanical Discovery (University of Kentucky)
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Denver Museum of Nature and Science (Wikipedia)
Majestic Redwoods at Hoyt Arboretum (Hoyt Arboretum)
Metasequoia (Wikipedia)