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...colleagues at the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Chicago examined 200 million years of history of marine clams, oysters and mussels; they picked the simple bivalves because they have a long and detailed fossil record. Going back to the Jurassic period, researchers analyzed when each genus - a taxonomic category just above species - disappeared, and whether relatives vanished at the same time. On average they found that closely related groups of clams went extinct together at a rate that was more often than expected by blind chance - generally those groups of species were confined to a fairly small geographic area...
This helps explain why his cartwheeling midcareer retrospective, which just opened at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, is called "Yinka Shonibare MBE." The show, which originated last year in Sydney and moves on in November to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art in Washington, presents us with the work--sculpture, paintings, staged photographs and two short films--of a man who is both a consummate product of colonial empire and a shrewd decoder of its false assumptions...
...million; $264.9 million, sixth week 7. My Sister's Keeper, $5.3 million; $26 million, second week 8. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, $2.5 million; $58.4 million, fourth week 9 (tie). Year One, $2.1 million; $38.1 million, third week 9 (tie). Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, $2.1 million; $167.8 million, seventh week...
...four other movies with prehistoric beasts: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Up, Land of the Lost and Year...
...Sister's Keeper, $12.1 million, first weekend 6. Year One, $5.8 million; $32.2 million, second week 7. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, $5.4 million; $53.4 million, third week 8. Star Trek, $3.6 million; $246.2 million, eighth week 9. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, $3.5 million; $163.2 million, sixth week 10. Away We Go, $1.7 million; $4.1 million, fourth week...