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Sharing a common ancestor
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/sharing-a-common-ancestor/Humans did not evolve from an ape - we are apes, and our closest living relatives include chimpanzees and gorillas.
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Humans are mammals
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/humans-are-mammals/Humans are members of a large group of animals known as mammals (Class Mammalia).
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Gabriel Bayfield (1781-1870), Gould's colourer
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/museum-archives-library/john-gould/gabriel-bayfield-1781-1870-goulds-colourer/Gabriel Bayfield was employed as Gould's primary colourist for 30 years. The quality of Bayfield's work was praised by leading naturalists of the time.
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The Holocene Epoch (10,000 years ago to the present)
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/evolving-landscape/the-holocene-epoch/During the past 10,000 years, Australia's global position and climate has changed little, but there have been enormous changes in its plants, animals and environments. Such changes have happened since the first people arrived in Australia, but the most rapid and dramatic changes have occurred dur
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The Cretaceous Period (146-65 million years ago)
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/evolving-landscape/the-cretaceous-period/In the early Cretaceous, many of the southern continents were still joined together as part of the southern landmass called Gondwana. Northern continents formed the great landmass Laurasia. These two supercontinents shared many plants and animals dating from an earlier time when they were joined
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Conservation Status - what does it mean?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/conservation-status-what-does-it-mean/The conservation status of a species is an indicator of how likely it is to remain alive at present or in the near future.
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Heathland habitat
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/wildlife-sydney/heathland-habitat/Approximately 8 per cent of the Sydney Basin is heathland.
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Where do spiders live?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/where-do-spiders-live/You can see spiders by day and night in almost every habitat on earth.
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What is an ecosystem?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-an-ecosystem/Ecosystems are the foundations of the Biosphere and they determine the health of the entire Earth system.
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What is a mammal?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-a-mammal/Mammals are a diverse group of animals that are found below and on the ground, in trees and oceans.
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