Blackboard materials: Causal maps on human evolution
Materials for constructing causal maps about the evolution of human traits on the blackboard
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Human evolution lesson collection
Handout: Introduction to causal maps with the example of upright walking
A handout that introduces students to the causal map to map the evolution and development of traits, with the example of upright walking
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Chalkboard materials: Causal map on upright walking
Chalkboard materials for constructing a causal map for the evolution of upright walking
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Worksheet: Natural selection 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 generations, exploring the role of variation, fitness consequences and trait inheritance in evolutionary change.
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Hominin skull measurement Google sheet for data entry and analysis
Google sheet template for entering and plotting the measurements of hominin fossil skulls
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Hominin skull measurement instructions
Instruction sheet for measuring cranial capacity, opisthion index and prognathism on fossil hominin skulls
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Causal map materials for skull morphology and related traits
Materials for constructing an initial causal map relating observable features of fossil hominin skulls, behaviors, and environmental conditions
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Observing differences in hominin skulls
An activity for students to explore and notice traits on fossil hominin skulls
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Human evolution – Human needs, values, and wellbeing
Classroom resources for exploring (the evolution of) human needs, values, and well-being
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Cumulative culture
Human Evolution Resources Cumulative Culture Physicist Isaac Newton once said of the importance of his scientific accomplishments: “I could only look so far because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.” By that he meant that he was relying strongly on the knowledge of his predecessors, and only by doing so could get to
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