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Defence and signalling
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/life-among-the-plants/

It sounds like a fancy dress party gone wrong: horns, dome-heads, crests, frills, noise, head-butting and rivalry. But they are really about using your head and some plant-eating dinosaurs excelled at it.

Published 02 April 2012

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Dinosaur senses
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/dinosaur-senses/

Both plant-eating and meat-eating dinosaurs needed their senses to find food. How do you search for tasty plants to eat while remaining aware of any stalking predators? How do you find your plant-eating prey when they may be camouflaged or in hiding?

Published 02 September 2009

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Carnivore teeth and diet
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/meat-eating-dinosaurs/

These are the sharp-toothed, ferocious meat-eating dinosaurs of popular imagination - the ultimate predators built purely to kill. Or are they? Collectively known as theropods, they range from bus-sized to chicken-sized.

Published 02 April 2012

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Radioactive dating
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/radioactive-dating/

Radioactive dating is a method of dating rocks and minerals using radioactive isotopes. This method is useful for igneous and metamorphic rocks, which cannot be dated by the stratigraphic correlation method used for sedimentary rocks.

Published 06 October 2009

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Spinal Deformities
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/spinal-deformities/

Spinal deformities are sometimes seen in fishes.

Published 01 June 2012
What is biodiversity?
https://australian.museum/learn/science/biodiversity/what-is-biodiversity/

Biodiversity is the variety of life. Three levels of diversity work together to create the complexity of life on Earth.

Published 30 October 2015

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Human Evolution - Tools
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/human-evolution-tools/

Sticks and stones picked up unaltered from the ground were probably the only implements used by the great apes and earliest human ancestors.

Published 18 June 2009
Human Evolution - Hominid Skulls
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/human-evolution-skulls/

Examining the skulls of living apes and our extinct ancestors allows us to explore characteristics which reflect the evolutionary relationships in our family tree.

Published 18 June 2009
About Human Evolution
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/about-human-evolution/

Human evolution is the biological and cultural development and change of our hominin ancestors to modern humans.

Published 18 June 2009
A Brief History of the Collections
https://australian.museum/about/history/collections/a-brief-history-of-the-collections/

The Australian Museum is Australia's first museum with a remarkable collection of over 21 million specimens and objects.

Published 23 May 2014

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Tails from the Coasts

Presented with the National Museum of Singapore, this culturally significant collection of watercolours brings to life extraordinary species and captivating stories.

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Burra

Be transported on an immersive journey through the eyes of burra (eel) in the Australian Museum’s learning and play space.

Permanent education space
10am - 4.30pm

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Wild Planet

Welcome to life on Earth. Every one of Earth’s millions of species is unique, but they are all connected through evolution. Come and see life in all its glorious diversity – over 400 animals under one roof!

Permanent exhibition
Open daily

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Minerals

Be dazzled by over 1800 spectacular rocks and minerals in our new Minerals Gallery.

Permanent exhibition
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