Chapter 16: Primate Evolution
Chapter 16 Outline (word doc).
Section 16.1 Resources:
- “What Are the Characteristics of Primates” section-launcher movie.
Section 16.2 Resources:
- Section launcher movie on “Human Ancestors.”
Chapter Resources:
- Online “Primate Evolution” crossword puzzle.
- “Hominid Fossil” internet WebQuest.
Links to go further:
- Becoming Human: http://www.becominghuman.org/
- A PBS “Human Evolution” Shockwave activity: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/evolution/#
- PrimateInfo Net: http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/
- Primate fact sheets: http://members.tripod.com/cacajao/factsheets.html
- Early primate evolution: http://anthro.palomar.edu/earlyprimates/default.htm
- DNA evidence for human origin theory: http://www.trussel.com/prehist/news255.htm
- Prominent Hominid Fossils: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/specimen.html
- Early fossils of man in Africa: http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/12/04/science.fossils.reut/