Human+Evolution


 * Human Evolution Unit Plan**
 * Pages 723- 735**

__**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 includingH. 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.

__**Unit activities list**__ [|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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__**Helpful links**__ [|On Becoming Human] [|The Origin of Modern Humans] [|Human Evolution]