The Ancestors permanent exhibit traces human evolution over four million years and features life-size models of human ancestors. The People of the Southwest permanent exhibit depicts eleven thousand years of the cultural heritage of the American Southwest and features artifacts from Mimbres, Ancestral Puebloan, and Puebloan cultures, as well as displays on UNM field work in New Mexico, which includes a reconstruction of an excavation at Chaco Canyon.
The Ancestors permanent exhibit examines human evolution over four million years and showcases life-size models of ancient humans. The People of the Southwest permanent exhibit illustrates eleven thousand years of American Southwest cultural heritage and displays artifacts from Mimbres, Ancestral Puebloan, and Puebloan cultures, along with information about UNM fieldwork in New Mexico, including an excavation reconstruction at Chaco Canyon.