Bryophyte diversity in El Copé

A Smithsonian research heads into the remote mountains of a Panamanian national park to catalogue the tiniest of plant species.

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El Copé National Park, Panama

Biodiversity Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet orange Noris Salazar

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Do objects have an occult life?

In the Peruvian Amazon, a Smithsonian anthropologist learns that Yanesha people believe that certain personal objects become part of a person’s being.

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Panama City, Panama

Anthropology Origins of Species and Societies Earl S. Tupper orange Fernando Santos-Granero

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