Evolution internet exercise
Go to: http://www.becominghuman.org/
a.How long is the human history b.Where does the human story starts 3. Click on evidence, and go to the bottom to related exhibits Click on #1: Scientific method a. Write a paragraph about Scientific method and it’s steps Make sure that you click on the learn more! And read about the misconceptions about Scientific theory
Print the circle of Science
Roles: Paleoecologist
Geologist
Paleoanthropologist
c. Go to profiling fossils How do you figure about the gender, age of the fossil
d. Go to the “dating game”. What kind of dating methods do they use, and from what sediment?
e. Go to the interpreting evidence Pick one of them and describe it!
Where is Hadar? Why is it such a good site for finding fossils? When did the first hominoid fossil was found? Why did they named the most important find in Hadar Lucy? How old is Lucy?
a.How are we like other primates? List similarities
List differences (under learn more)
b. Go to the big brain Why primates, especially humans have much bigger brainsize than expected from their body size?
Describe, how scientist can measure the closeness of two species?
What is the misconception so most people believe that humans coming from apes. What is the truth?
F. Play the documentary under Lineages and write what do scientist think about the Neanderthal man? Are we similar species?
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