Human Evolution Resources Throwing and body coordination Some features of our body indicate that they are adaptations for the ability to throw objects. Thus,
TeachingBase Type: Reading text
Stories of lost explorers that tell us about the importance of cultural knowledge to our survival.
A reading text about the importance of cumulative culture in our everyday experience and in the evolution of our species
A reading text about the challenges of life in groups and how groups across biology have found ways to solve these challenges.
A reading text on the evolution of the baby schema together with cooperative child care
A reading text and causal mapping tasks on the (co)evolution of brain size, childhood, premature birth, cooperative childcare and social learning and teaching
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
Reading texts, videos and causal maps on the evolution of physical and cognitive traits for endurance running over the course of human evolution
A reading text about tool use and tool making in the animal kingdom and in our early ancestors
