Indiana University
Indiana University: Human Origins and Evolution in Africa
A website that catalogs links related to human origins and evolution in Africa. The links contain teaching resources, research information, and images.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Actvity: Early Ancestors
How much do you know about our early ancestors? In this activity you will explore our early ancestors and the evolutionary processes that led to human evolution.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Primate Evolution: Chapter Test Practice
Fifteen multiple-choice test practice questions covering primate evolution. Students have the opportunity to check their answers after submitting their results.
Curated OER
Cbc: The Great Human Odyssey: Homo Sapiens: Child of the Ice Age
A fascinating look at where humans came from. The interactive journey begins in Ethiopia over four million years ago with our ancestor, Ardipithecus ramidus. It continues at intervals along a timeline up to the present. The journey is...
Other
Big History Project: Chapter 4: Humans
Big History Project takes a comprhensive look at humans. From evolution to migration, agriculture to complex civilizations, students and teachers will be intrigued by this interactive learning module.
Other
64 Parishes: Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
64 Parishes is a project of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Explore Louisiana's past, reflect on our present, and imagine the future. 64 Parishes represents the evolution of tradition, creating content that reflects the...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Felix the Cat
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
BBC
Bbc: Week of 12 23 13: Neanderthals Could Speak Like Modern Humans
How do you imagine Neanderthals to have sounded? Have you ever considered that they might sound like you? Read this article to explore what a new study now says about the speaking capabilities of these creatures.
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Homo Heidelbergensis
A resource detailing the research of human evolution. Find comparisons between Homo heidelbergensis and Homo erectus. Images and charts help understand the process of human change over the last 800,000 years.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Quiz: How Our Ancestors Evolved
A fourteen question quiz about human evolution. Test your knowledge of how our ancestors have evolved.
University of Washington
University of Washington: The Great Rift Valley of Eastern Africa
An overview of the Great Rift Valley complete with a discussion of the plate tectonics, volcanoes, and climate of the valley. Of particular interest is the section on Apekind to Mankind: Human Evolution in the Great Rift Valley. Reasons...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Hominoids to Hominins: Self Check Quiz
Answer these five multiple-choice questions about human evolution. After answers are submitted, students can review their mistakes.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Apes to Man
This lesson plan explores the primates in the African savannas that were the first animals to walk erect (bipedalism), which is a milestone in human evolution.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Quiz: The Rise of Agriculture
A quiz over the topics covered in a unit about human evolution to get food from growing their own versus foraging for food.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Video Transcripts
A page that holds all the transcripts for videos included in the early human unit.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Riddle of the Bones
At the online companion Web site of "Evolution," the seven-episode series on PBS, piece together clues to how one of our early ancestors looked as you examine images from four significant fossil finds of Australopithecus afarensis.
BBC
Bbc: Mother of Man Lucy
Article discusses the importance of Lucy to the theory of evolution and her bipedalism form of locomotion. Archived.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Answers to Exploration Questions: Evolution and Human Health
Get the answers to the exploration exercise about how evolution relates to human health.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Human Vision
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Sight, or vision, is the ability to see light. It depends on the eyes detecting light and forming images. It also depends on the brain making sense of the images, so...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Molecular Evidence for Evolution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Chimpanzees and humans turn out to be very similar - if you look at their DNA. When scientists determined the entire genetic code of both humans and chimpanzees,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Impact on Animal Populations
Multiple choice practice questions over evolution and population dynamics and the human impact on animal populations. Passage 2.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Evolution of Ukiyo E and Woodblock Prints
Ukiyo-e began as hand-painted scrolls and screens of everyday life in Japan. They became so popular, they were mass-produced using carved wooden blocks. Read the evolution of this artform and view pictures in this essay.
Other
Bradshaw Foundation: Volcanic Winter and Modern Humans
Explanation of the volcanic winter that happened about 20,000 years ago that destroyed most of the human population not living in Africa. Explains how these early people coped with this 1000 years of nuclear winter and how when it was...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Agriculture and Human Population Growth Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about the evolution of agriculture and how it has impacted human population growth. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
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