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KU Opens "Explore Evolution" Exhibit

By Ben Embry

Lawrence, KS – As Kansas debates the teaching of evolution in public schools, the Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas unveils its newest exhibit focusing on the theory of evolution. The museum's "Explore Evolution" exhibit, which includes fossilized whale bones and the adaptation of Galapagos finches, will look at how one of science's most controversial theories is used in current research. KCUR's Ben Embry reports.

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