Dr. Paula Cushing has been studying these strange animals for nearly 17 years, and says there is so little known about them, that anyone can discover something new. They're camel spiders: neither camels, nor spiders! So... what are they, anyway?

We've set out from The Field Museum in Chicago to collaborate with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Check out our first video on the Human Biology Collection: [ Ссылка ]

And our video with anthropologist Dr. Steve Nash, about their collection of Native American Peace Medals: [ Ссылка ]

Learn more about Dr. Cushing’s work, and camel spiders:
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The 3D-reconstruction at 5:49 is from the paper, "Morphology of the tracheal system of camel spiders (Chelicerata: Solifugae) based on micro-CT and 3D-reconstruction in exemplar species from three families: [ Ссылка ]

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Producer, Writer, Creator, Host:
Emily Graslie

Producer, Camera:
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Producer, Camera, Editor:
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Interview with:
Dr. Paula Cushing

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This episode is a collaboration between
The Field Museum in Chicago, IL
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And filmed on location in beautiful Denver, Colorado.
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