TO GO WITH AFP STORY MUSEUM-SCIENCE-US-P

TO GO WITH AFP STORY MUSEUM-SCIENCE-US-PALEONTOLOGY by Virginie MONTET A March 17, 2010 photo shows the skull of the Homo Sapiens (Cro-Magnon 1) (R) from Cro-Magnon, France and the Homo Neanderthalensis (L) (La Ferrassie 1) from La Ferrassie Rock Shelter, France on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. A new exhibition hall dedicated to the discovery and understanding of human origins opens March 17, 2010 at the Smithsonian�s National Museum of Natural History in Washington,DC. Based on decades of cutting-edge research by Smithsonian scientists, the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins will open to the public in a special preview marking the 100-year anniversary of the museum�s official opening on the National Mall. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)