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SESSION 5: How Did Humans Evolve? Is Evolution Still Happening? |
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Resources for SESSION 5 |
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Resources marked with an * are designed to help you teach this topic in your classroom. |
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Teacher's Guide |
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Unit 5: How Did Humans Evolve?* (pdf) |
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Unit 6: Why Does Evolution Matter Now?* (pdf) |
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Lessons for Students |
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Lesson 5: How Did Humans Evolve?* |
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Lesson 6: Why Does Evolution Matter Now?* |
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Videos for Students |
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Did Humans Evolve?* |
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View in: QuickTime | RealPlayer |
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Why Does Evolution Matter Now?* |
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View in: QuickTime | RealPlayer |
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Web Activities |
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Riddle of the Bones (Flash) | Low-Bandwidth Version |
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Is Intelligent Life Inevitable? |
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Origins of Humankind (Flash) | Low-Bandwidth Version |
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Microbe Clock (Flash) | Low-Bandwidth Version |
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The Evolving Enemy |
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Video Segments |
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Laetoli Footprints |
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View in: QuickTime | RealPlayer |
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Finding Lucy |
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View in: QuickTime | RealPlayer |
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Walking Tall |
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View in: QuickTime | RealPlayer |
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Did Humans Evolve? |
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View in: QuickTime | RealPlayer |
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A Mutation Story |
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View in: QuickTime | RealPlayer |
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Cholera: Domesticating Disease |
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View in: QuickTime | RealPlayer |
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Double Immunity |
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View in: QuickTime | RealPlayer |
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Biological Invaders |
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View in: QuickTime | RealPlayer |
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TV Series |
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Show 4: The Evolutionary Arms Race |
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Show 6: The Mind's Big Bang |
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Other Library Resources |
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The Transforming Leap, from Four Legs to Two |
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Stephen Pinker: Evolution of the Mind |
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World Map for Locating Fossil Evidence (pdf) |
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Hominid Fossil Data Sheet (pdf) |
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The Biology of Skin Color: Black and White |
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External Web Links |
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A Science Odyssey Web site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/evolution/footprints.html
An examination of fossilized footprints explains how we know early humans walked upright. |
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Information about Potassium-Argon Dating
http://anthro.palomar.edu/time/time_5.htm
Information on chronometric dating methods. |
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ENSI Web site's Footprint lesson
http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/footstep.html
Includes a mini-lesson and analysis of the Laetoli Footprints. |
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National Academy of Sciences Web site
http://books.nap.edu/html/evolution98/evol6-e.html
Includes an extended classroom activity analyzing fossilized footprints. |
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Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Web site
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/1995/simulation_molecular.html
Includes a lesson plan/activity on molecular biology and primate phylogenetics. |
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Palomar College Web site
http://anthro.palomar.edu/adapt/default.htm
Includes introductory information on climatic, altitudinal, and nutritional adaptations of humans. |
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National Institute of Health Web site
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/lactose/lactose.htm
Includes information on lactose intolerance, its symptoms and treatment. |
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ENSI Web site's Lactose Intolerance lesson
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/lactose/lactose.htm
Includes a mini-lesson for students on lactose intolerance. |
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Rutgers University Web site
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~ecolevol/fulldoc.html#soccont
Evolutionary Biology: Meeting Societal Needs section of a comprehensive report on Evolution, Science, and Society. |
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The National Health Museum Web site
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/
Comprehensive site about biotech including issues and ethics, biotech applications, careers, diagrams of related science principles and processes, and archives of biotech activities. |
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Harvest of Fear
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/gmfoods/
Articles, interviews, interactive activities, and resources related to the NOVA/Frontline show "Harvest of Fear." |
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The Biotechnology Industry Organization Web site
http://www.bio.org/about.html
Information on food and agricultural biotechnology. |
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Union of Concerned Scientists Web site
http://www.ucsusa.org/
Views on genetically engineered crops and reasons for modifications as well as information on antibiotic resistance. |
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Web site
http://endangered.fws.gov/hcp/index.html
Information on endangered species and habitat conservation. |
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Ecological Society of America Web site
http://esa.sdsc.edu/invas3.htm
Includes a fact sheet on invasive species. |
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Anthropology Tutorials from Palomar College, exploring physical and cultural anthropology.
http://daphne.palomar.edu/tutorials/
Tutorials from Palomar College, exploring physical and cultural anthropology. |
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Early Hominid Evolution
http://daphne.palomar.edu/hominid/Default.htm
Palomar College tutorial on the australopithecines and related genera. |
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Evolution of Modern Humans
http://daphne.palomar.edu/homo2/default.htm
Palomar College tutorial on the biological and cultural evolution of archaic and modern Homo sapiens. |
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Becoming Human
http://www.becominghuman.org/
Institute of Human Origins Web site, featuring Flash documentary and other information on human evolution. |
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Paleoanthropology
http://cogweb.english.ucsb.edu/EP/Paleoanthropology.html
Paleoanthropology Web site from UCSB, including hominid family history. |
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Fossils and Migration Patterns in Early Hominids
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1995/fossilshominids.html
An activity from the 1995 Woodrow Wilson Institute on evolution for high school biology teachers. |
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The Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/795_antibio.html
FDA Web Site, "The Rise of Antibiotic-Resistent Infections." An article by Ricki Lewis, on the Food and Drug Administration Web site. |
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Anti-infective Drug Resistance
http://www.who.int/emc/amr.html
World Health Organization site on anti-infective drug resistance, including report on resistant-TB worldwide. |
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Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics Web site
http://www.healthsci.tufts.edu/apua/Products/pamphlet_01.html
Health-care provider and consumer information about the prudent use of antibiotics. |
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Books |
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Boyd, Robert, and Joan Silk. How Humans Evolved. 2d ed. New York City: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 2000. |
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Chadwick, D. J., and J. Goode, eds. Antibiotic Resistance: Origins, Evolution, Selection and Spread. London: John Wiley & Sons, 1997. |
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Ewald, Paul. Evolution of Infectious Disease. London: Oxford University Press, 1996. |
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Jones, Steve, David Pilbeam, and Robert Martin, eds. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1995. |
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Klein, Richard. The Human Career: Human Biological and Cultural Origins. 2d ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. |
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Larsen, Clark Spencer. Human Origins: The Fossil Record. Prospect Heights: Waveland Press,1998. |
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Levy, Stuart B. The Antibiotic Paradox: How Miracle Drugs Are Destroying the Miracle. New York City: Plenum Publishers, 1992. |
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Lewin, Roger. Bones of Contention: Controversies in the Search for Human Origins. 2d ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. |
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Lewin, Roger. Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction. 4th ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Science, 1999. |
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McHughen, Alan. Pandora's Picnic Basket: The Potential and Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods. London: Oxford University Press, 2000. |
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McKie, Robin. Dawn of Man: The Story of Human Evolution. New York City: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc., 2000. |
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National Research Council. National Science Education Standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996. |
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Nesse, Randolph M., and George C. Williams. Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine. New York City: Vintage Books, 1994. |
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Palumbi, Stephen R. The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change. New York City: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., 2001. |
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Pinker, Steven. How the Mind Works. New York City: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1999. |
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Wade, Nicholas, ed. The Science Times Book of Fossils and Evolution. New York City, NY: The Lyons Press, 1998. |
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Wilson, Edward O. The Diversity of Life--College Edition. New York City: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1992. |
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Zihlman, Adrienne. The Human Evolution Coloring Book. 2d ed. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2000. |
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Articles |
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Consumer Reports. "Seeds of Change." September 1999: 41-46. |
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Trends In Microbiology."Drug Resistance: The New Apocalypse." Special Issue of 2, no. 10 (October 1, 1994): 341-425. |
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Glausiusz, Josie. "The Great Gene Escape." Discover, May 1998: 90-97. |
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Leakey, Mary. "Footprints in the Ashes of Time." National Geographic 155, April 1979: 446-457 |
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Levy, Stuart. "The Challenge of Antibiotic Resistance." Scientific American, see www.sciam.com/1998/0398issue/0398levy.html. |
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Schultz, T. "Ants, Plants, and Antibiotics." Nature 398 (1999): 747-748. |
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Specter, Michael. "The Pharmageddon Riddle: Did Monsanto just want more profits, or did it want to save the world?" The New Yorker (April 10 2000): 58-71. |
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Tattersall, Ian. "Once We Were Not Alone." Scientific American (January, 2000): 56-62. |
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Wade, Nicholas. "Neanderthal DNA Sheds New Light on Human Origins." In Wade, Nicholas, Editor, The Science Times Book of Fossils and Evolution. New York City: The Lyons Press, 1998: 235-238. |
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Wilford, J. "The Transforming Leap, from Four Legs to Two." In Wade, Nicholas, Editor, The Science Times Book of Fossils and Evolution. New York City: The Lyons Press, 1998: 196-203. |
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CD-ROM |
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Wilson, E.O, and D.L. Perlman. Conserving Earth's Biodiversity (Interactive CD ROM). Washington, DC: Island Press, 2000. |
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