Global ESD was the precursor project to OpenEvo, during which many of the educational and conceptual innovations informing OpenEvo have emerged. You can access the Global ESD website under www.globalesd.org. This site is now being archived as we migrate content to the OpenEvo ecosystem. If you have questions about the Global ESD project, please contact us. […]
Human Evolution Resources Hominins The Hominini include all members of the lineage that separates us from our closest relatives, the chimpanzees. The only surviving species of this lineage is our species – Homo sapiens. The family of the Hominini. Image source: Smithsonian Institution Phylogenetic trees, evolutionary trees Since we are the only surviving species of
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Human Evolution Resources Brain Size One of the most striking and well-known features that characterize our species is the size of our brain. The size of the brain in turn implies the high intelligence of our species. But brain size does not necessarily correlate with level of intelligence – big animals like whales tend to
Information and teaching materials on the evolution of upright walking in our species
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Our collection of resources for learning about human origins and evolution
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Students compare the stories of three Mexican fishing villages to understand the factors that enabled some villages to sustainably manage their fishing resources, while others failed.
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This lesson is about exploring the concept of values with students and having them identify and reflect on what they personally value, or what makes their life meaningful.
A behavioral experiment that tells us about the role of unconscious perception, particularly the perception of human eyes, on human social behavior.
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This NetLogo model builds on the model of Two Foresters. In this model, agents reproduce based on the amount of resources that they harvest.
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This NetLogo computer model extends the model Two Foresters and introduces a bigger and more complex population structure
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OpenEvo is an educational innovation project from the Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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