Hybrid theory

Read out of africa again and again?

Questions you should be able to answer

1. what is the theory?
2. how does it differ from replacement theory and multiregionalism.
3. What evidence from Becoming Human part 3 is there for this theory?

Out of Africa

Read the Replacement theory article

Barefoot Running

Scholarly Article

Read the article

Answer the question:

According to the article how did bipedal running influence how we have evolved?

assignment 9/14

1. Read pages 24-32
2. Choose a person that was influential in the history of our understanding of evolution

(darwin is off limits)

3. Create a poster that highlights the following

a. Personal History
b. How they contributed to the evolutionary theory
c. An example of how their piece of the evolutionary theory is involved with our understanding of human evolution

Class Info 2012 Semeter 1

Today

1. Get a gmail account (if you don't have one)
2. Submit contact information
3. Create a Tribe
4. Get blog assigned by tribe
5. As an individual read pages 2-14.
6. As a tribe create an e-textbook on you blog. Use other blogs as inspiration for how you should create your own. Multimedia goes a long way to making a valuable product.

Final Exam

Take Home Exam- Entire exam is open resource.  Must be your own work.
Copying someone else is still not considered open book.

1. Multiple choice
2. Essay (2 page maximum)

6/1/12

Class assignment
 Read Article Skin Deep by Nina Jablonski
Watch Ted Talk Breaking the Illusion of Skin Color
Post Notes on the following questions.
How did human skin color evolve?
How is it related to both ancient and modern human migration patterns?
 Support your statements with specific evidence