Week 4: UNIT 2, section 4: Figuring out the family tree (Week of July 23)
- VIDEO LECTURE: Hominid Origins [download]
- Read chapter 8
- Primate Locomotion and the Evolution of Bipedalism- Read the PBS interview with Dr. Liza Shapiro (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/07/3/l_073_08.html).
- Fossils- Explore the Smithsonian Institute’s “Human Fossils” online exhibit (http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils) and complete worksheet (Unit 2>section 4>section 4 worksheet).
- VIDEO: Becoming Human Part 1 [download]
- Complete section 4 quiz.
- Complete and submit Unit 2 writing assignment. See Unit Guide for topic.