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Historically speaking, idiots do poorly: Surviving: The Body Of Evidence

This time it’s all about you at the Penn Museum’s exhibit called Surviving: The Body of Evidence. You’re a survivor. Your ancestors successfully survived the challenges of life and passed the toughness on to their offspring, right down the line until you appeared on the scene. Each of us inherited these characteristics that taught us to not eat stuff off the sidewalk and refrain from poking wild mastadons with sharp sticks unless there was plenty of help on hand or we could run really, really fast. But even then you have to make sure you don’t trip.

The ones who didn’t learn the lessons, well, that’s what the Darwin Awards are for.

Surviving: The Body of Evidence is an interactive, multimedia experience that starts and ends with you. The Fit for Life exhibit introduces you to your inherited strengths and capabilities. Then travel back millions of years to meet your ancestors. Touch and examine casts of fossil bones along the evolutionary trail. Meet revolutionary thinkers through dramatic reenactments and much, much more.

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is located at 3260 South Street in Philadelphia. Click here to learn more about the exhibit.

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