WHY STUDY 300,000,000-YEAR- #FOSSILday S OF THESE #LYCOPODS - THE TREES THAT ONCE DOMIN ILLINOIS THEN-SWAMPY FORE ONE REASON BECAUSE THEY GREW HERE, FELL, DECAYED INT AND WERE COMPRESSED INTO - COAL THAT'S MINED IN ILLINOIS Chicago Botanic Garden

#Clovisculture is an archaeological culture from the #Paleoindian period of North America, spanning around 13,050 to 12,750 years Before Present (BP).[1] The type site is Blackwater Draw locality No. 1 near Clovis, New Mexico, where Field Museum

display at the #StandingRockPaleontology Institute includes a complete #Edmontosaurus foot and toes from individuals of many ages and sizes Field Museum

Meteorites come from out in space Most meteorites are stony, and may look like ordinary rocks at first glance. Stony meteorites are black on the outside. Inside they're usually light gray, but may mnge from dark gray to almost black. Most contain specks #slag Field Museum

#MaunaKea is unusually topographically prominent for its height: its prominence from sea level is 15th in the world among mountains, at 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft); its prominence from under the ocean is 10,205 m Field Museum

Ash and #hickorywood Doug: Up north in Wisconsin and Minnesota a lot of #woodlands left. You can go out and c hickories-the traditional wood to make lacr with. Our homelands in Indiana are farmlan not sustainable to find wood. So one of our members engineered a way to make lacros using gree

Founded in 1859, Winnetka's public schools served to not only educate children, but to provide development of their "morals and taste" as well. The first school building (below) was used until the early 1870s, when it became a #Unitarian church. The schools grew quickly, Winnetka Hist

of a #ballgame played in cities throughout #Mesoamerica , including those of the #Maya . A team sport, it was played in a court with a heavy #rubberball . Reasons for playing varied. Often rulers provided the game Field Museum

#Oba of Benin is the traditional ruler and the custodian of the culture of the Edo people and all Edoid people. The then Kingdom of Benin (not to be confused with the modern-day and unrelated Republic of Benin, which was then known Field Museum

#Oba of Benin is the traditional ruler and the custodian of the culture of the Edo people and all Edoid people. The then Kingdom of Benin (not to be confused with the modern-day and unrelated Republic of Benin, which was then known Field Museum

Doug: Up north in Wisconsin and Minnesota a lot of # Field Museum jwoodlands left. You can go out and c hickories-the traditional wood to make lacr with. Our homelands in Indiana are farmlan not sustainable to find wood. So one of our members engineered a way to make lacros using green hickory fro

#KNIfE SHARPENER PICTURE TAKEN IN 1977 THE NAME ARTS Am Niles

Kenëw/The Ball Carrier (Golden Eagle Spirit) crafted by James Frechette #menominee Wood, acrylic 1993 Field Museum

this 1924 shotagraph you can see the traditional clothing worn during #Muscogee stickball games. Today a lot of men still wear traditional clothes to games-ne shoes, a lein cloth over sharts, and a necklace Field Museum

(Button) #Pakahakama / #lacrosse Field Museum stick and ball made by Doung Pecange (Mynamis Tribe of Oklahoma) Purchased by the Field museum in 2023 Dry Five years ago Chiel expressed a desire to play wering modern sticks. So I spend the next

The #loggerheadseaturtle (Caretta caretta) is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead Field Museum

#tamaraw or #Mindoro dwarf buffalo (Bubalus mindorensis) is a small buffalo belonging to the family Bovidae.[3] It is endemic to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, and is the only endemic Philippine bovine. It is believed, however Field Museum

The continent of # Field Museum Africa covers nearly 12 million square miles (31 million sq km). How big is that, you wonder? It's BIG! Africa could hold the land occupied by China, India, Europe, Argentina, New Zealand and the continental United States-with room to spare! 22h

#cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat and the fastest land animal. It has a tawny to creamy white or pale buff fur that is marked with evenly spaced, solid black spots. The head is small and Field Museum

#ChicagoCanoeAssociation was founded in 1964 to ensure that canoeing-an important part of Native culture in the Great Lakes-lived on in Chicago's metropolis. Historically, the region's waterways were sites of angual gatherings for Native people to hold Field Museum