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The Museum was founded in 1869 and housed in the old Arsenal building in Central Park. Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., the father of the 26th U.S. President, was a co-founder. The founding of the Museum realized the dream of naturalist Dr. Albert S. Bickmore. In 1874, ground was broken for the present building, which occupies most of Manhattan Square The Museum boasts habitat groups of African, Asian and North American mammals, the full-size model of a Blue Whale suspended in the Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life (reopened in 2003. Charter a school bus or mini coach to bring a large group.
The Hall of Human Biology and Evolution, originally known under the name "Hall of the Age of Man", was located on the first floor of the museum. It was the only major exhibit in the United States to present an in-depth investigation of human evolution. The displays traced the story of Homo sapiens, displayed the path of human evolution and examined the origins of human creativity. The hall featured four life size dioramas of the human predecessors Australopithecus afarensis, Homo ergaster, Neanderthal, and Cro Magnon, showing each species in its habitat and demonstrating the behaviors and capabilities that scientists believe it had. Also displayed were full-sized casts of important fossils, including the four-million-year-old "Lucy" skeleton and the 1.7 million year old "Turkana Boy," and Homo erectus specimens including a cast of "Peking Man."

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