Midterm fall 2013

Part 1.

Create an artifact to illustrate human evolution.  This artifact should clearly demonstrate

1. How this example of Human Evolution is supported by the general theory of evolution (describe how and  why we evolved this way)
2. How this example supports the Model of Human Dispersion that you believe to be true.

 Included should be a clear understanding of the process of evolution, the timeline that this process occurred on, the evidence to support your argument and a description of how this is represented in the modern population.

• Examples of artifacts
• Essay
• Timeline and map
• Video
• Podcast

Examples of Human Evolution

• Bipedalism
• Language
• Skin Color
• Digestive System
• Childhood
• Brain Development
• Development of culture

Part 2.  Multiple choice

Scantron must be filled out day of the exam.

Evolution of Human Skin Color (last topic of the semester)

Skin Deep Article Read


Nina Jablonski-Ted Talk  Watch

Human dispersion theories

Scientific American Special Issue May 2003

Read The articles in Emergence.

Start with

1.Out of Africa again ... and again
2.The Multiregional Evolution of Humans
3.The Recent African Genesis of Humans

Technology Day

research the following projectile technologies

1. Sling
2. atlatl
3. bow