Part 4: Reflections
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Natural History Museum, London, England
“...opened in 1881 as Owen’s vision of a “cathedral to nature.”

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Entrance Hall, Natural History Museum, London
“Beyond the dinosaur and up some stairs...was a statue of Richard Owen...The Natural History Museum may have been Owen’s baby but it had grown up to be Darwin’s child.”

Manapools

Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe
“...tree under which we had pitched the tent...Unfortunately, the elephants also found this an irresistible combination.”

Mt Abu

Hanuman langurs, Mt Abu, India
“it was monkeys – not marble or matrimony – that had brought Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and, ultimately, my wife and I to Mt Abu.”

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Westin Spa & Resort, Los Cabos, Mexico
“...designed by...Javier Sordo Madaleno to pay homage to the natural rock arch at Land’s End near Cabo San Lucas, which separates the Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Cortez.”

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Cactii lawn, Westin Spa & Resort
“But if you thought about that for even a minute, none of it made any sense.”

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