Question for mammal-lovers: This pic is a skull of Aotus lemurinus (Gray-bellied night monkey) from the Smithsonian. Can anyone familiar with them give me an idea of what the scale bar is ~likely to be? Just a rough idea from knowledge of how big they usually are

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Lonnie G. Bunch III, nouveau directeur de la Smithsonian Institution.
https://t.co/a5zOuEieGz

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Congrats to founding director of the + now Secretary of the Institution - the 14th Secretary in its 173-year history + the 1st African American.

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Cheers to Magazine for "The Cave Man Cometh" (May 2019 issue). At last some respect for Neanderthals!

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Theodore Roosevelt from Smithsonian Portrait Gallery old photo. Painted by Tim Tompkins from https://t.co/XtknSQmeyS.

portrait painting theodore roosevelt

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BAT
The western small-footed bat (Myotis ciliolabrum) from North America.

(Photo: Smithsonian)

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Award-winning painter Gregory Manchess is coming to to inspire the Tribe!
His work has appeared on covers and for feature stories of Magazine, Time, Atlantic Monthly, and The Smithsonian.
Read more about his path: https://t.co/Jsux5pntGa

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The Smithsonian Field Book Project illuminates a hidden collection of discoveries. More than 2,600 digitized books are now available online
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glyptodon femur from Smithsonian paleobiology

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Elizabeth Gould: A 19th century responsible for some of the most historically significant images of ever published. https://t.co/sMlmz47gRf

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finished painting from today!
study of sculpture by Sally James Farnham, photographed by De Witt Ward (from Smithsonian Institute online archives)
acrylic on paper, approx. 20 x 28 inches + reference

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Cuba Libre, from the United Nations Series (1945) by Cuban artist, Mario Carreno. Smithsonian American Art Museum collections.
https://t.co/NlPmjbFo88

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Hey and teachers! Want to make your own Print your own guitar and learn how stringed instruments can create sounds through vibrations with Smithsonian Science for Makerspaces. https://t.co/Ci8llmsXeL

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Looking for opinions from my gullfriends here! My gut feeling is this beautiful beast looks great for a 5th-winter American Herring Gull (smithsonianus)?! Black Ball Harbour, W Beara this afternoon. Same jizz as bird I had here in Mar 2015 & Apr 2016 (as a 1st + 2nd w)....

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La Brava del Barrio

At the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, the “Superheroes” exhibit features the greatest comic book heroes of all time: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman & La Borinqueña.

Read more: https://t.co/bYVc9Sd8MV

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Today I'm looking at this 3D surface scan of the Miocene baleen Parietobalaena palmeri from the fantastic collection. Not the easiest skull to lift & flip for scanning, but we did it (and many others!) 💪

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the scene of steve going to the smithsonian to see the remains of his old life is so underrated and so sad

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Kathleen Franz, a curator of work and labor at , discusses Gilda Mirós and Isabel Norniella, two Latina trailblazers in advertising and broadcasting. Watch 'Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative: Gilda Miros and Isabel Norniella' https://t.co/0vUFgxkq1J

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