A handout that introduces students to the causal map to map the evolution and development of traits, with the example of upright walking
Subject Area: Human Evolution
Chalkboard materials for constructing a causal map for the evolution of upright walking
A worksheet in which students calculate and graph the changes in the frequencies of traits related to upright walking in a population over several
Google sheet template for entering and plotting the measurements of hominin fossil skulls
Instruction sheet for measuring cranial capacity, opisthion index and prognathism on fossil hominin skulls
Materials for constructing an initial causal map relating observable features of fossil hominin skulls, behaviors, and environmental conditions
An activity for students to explore and notice traits on fossil hominin skulls
Human intelligence seems to be a social, more than merely an individual phenomenon. What can we learn from comparing human societies to human brains?
A collection of lesson materials to explore the nature of human morality in the light of evolution and sustainability
This review and commentary on psychologist Edward Wasserman’s As if By Design provides a brief overview of the core argument from Wasserman, and discusses