New hall in Museum of Natural History looks at human biology, evolution. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: August 9, 1993| Author: Klein, Julia M. | Copyright information 
    NEW YORK _ A couple contemplates a diorama depicting two 3.5 million-year-old human ancestors: an upright, hairy ape man, with his arm around an ape woman, striding across a field of white volcanic ash. 
    ``We've come a long way,'' the modern visitor remarks to his girlfriend. 
    She looks at him. ``Not really,'' she replies. 
    Humanity commenting on itself. This is one of the pleasures of the American Museum of Natural History's provocative and elegant new Hall of Human Biolo...

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