Self-Assessment

Interviewees here answer the seminal questions activating the author’s research: How and why do human evolution exhibits differ? How well do these exhibits convey their content and generate interest in human evolution? Because many interviewees did not have sufficient knowledge or recollection of human evolution exhibits in the other museums surveyed, they spent more time critiquing their own. The challenge of fostering personal connections through the vast expanse of Deep Time comes across clearly in their responses. The chapter ends with the author’s assessment of two salient problems: conceptualizing the time depth involved and the difficulty many people have acknowledging that humans are animals. She proposes incorporating evolutionary medicine to assist with these critical connections.