An experiment in which researchers wanted to examine the role of teaching and communication in the transmission of toolmaking.
Concept: Cognition
Students explore the concept of cultural evolution by comparing it to genetic evolution based on a number of concepts, and explore why cultural evolution
A series of experiments to explore the tendency to imitate in children and chimpanzees
A handout about the “Triune Brain” model highlighting different functions of different brain regions
A reading text on the evolution of left-right handedness and the role of the brain
This model simulates the biological evolution of ethnocentrism in a population made up of multiple ethnicities.
A fill in the blanks activity on the natural selection of traits that enabled cooperative foraging in our ancestors
A series of experiments with small children and chimpanzees to investigate their ability and motivation to engage in collaborative activities