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Human Evolution Unit Plan (8 days)

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Assessment Statements

 

D.3.4

Describe the major anatomical features that define humans as primates.

 

D.3.5

Outline the trends illustrated by the fossils of Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus including A. afarensis and A. africanus, and Homo including H. habilis, H. erectus, H. neanderthalensis and H. sapiens.

 

D.3.6

State that, at various stages in hominid evolution, several species may have coexisted.

 

D.3.7

Discuss the incompleteness of the fossil record and the resulting uncertainties about human evolution.

 

D.3.8

Discuss the correlation between the change in diet and increase in brain size during hominid evolution.

 

D.3.9

Distinguish between genetic and cultural evolution.

 

D.3.10

Discuss the relative importance of genetic and cultural evolution in the recent evolution of humans.

 

 

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What You Need to Know

 

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Unit Activities List:  (will be posted to web as they occur in class)

Primate characteristics note blanks (doc)

Primate characteristics notes presentation (ppt)

Opposable thumb activity

Intro to paleoanthropology notes (doc #1 / doc #2)

Intro to paleoanthropology presentation (ppt)

Hominid skulls lab

What makes us human article jigsaw

Human evolution webquest

Video:  the minds big bang

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Key Terms:

 

 

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Helpful Links:

On Becoming Human

The Origin of Modern Humans

Human Evolution

 

 

"When we tug at a simple thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world."  John Muir