Biology for Life
Skyline High School IB Biology
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Units of Study
Human Evolution
Assessment Statements:
ü D.3.4 Describe the major anatomical features that define humans as primates. ü 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. ü D.3.6 State that, at various stages in hominid evolution, several species may have coexisted. ü D.3.7 Discuss the incompleteness of the fossil record and the resulting uncertainties about human evolution. ü D.3.8 Discuss the correlation between the change in diet and increase in brain size during hominid evolution. ü D.3.9 Distinguish between genetic and cultural evolution. ü D.3.10 Discuss the relative importance of genetic and cultural evolution in the recent evolution of humans.
ü D.3.4
Describe the major anatomical features that define humans as primates.
ü 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.
ü D.3.6
State that, at various stages in hominid evolution, several species may have
coexisted.
ü D.3.7
Discuss the incompleteness of the fossil record and the resulting
uncertainties about human evolution.
ü D.3.8
Discuss the correlation between the change in diet and increase in brain
size during hominid evolution.
ü D.3.9
Distinguish between genetic and cultural evolution.
ü D.3.10
Discuss the relative importance of genetic and cultural evolution in the
recent evolution of humans.
What You Should Be Able to Do
Class Activities:
Primate characteristics notes What makes us human jigsaw reading - Article 1 - Article 2 - Article 3 Introduction to paleontology notes Hominid skulls lab Hominid evolution notes Video: the minds big bang
Primate characteristics notes
What makes us human jigsaw reading
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
Introduction to paleontology notes
Hominid skulls lab
Hominid evolution notes
Video: the minds big bang
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