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Honors Presentations Tomorrow! Get a Bio book from cabinet by door!
Read “On Being Human” (p )
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Write 2 paragraphs of what it’s like to be human with respect to other primates using what you have learned so far.
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By comparing humans to other species
By comparing humans to other species. Compare how humans move and use their bodies with how other primates do the same thing. Specific emphasis is placed on the opposable thumb. Brain comparisons are also made between different organisms. Finally, students develop something to demonstrate what it means to be human, biologically. Emphasis is on biological characteristics, such as length of pregnancy, how they get food, mobility, and age at sexual maturity to name a few
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Chapter 2 objectives comparing humans to other species. Students compare how humans move and use their bodies with how other primates do the same thing. Specific emphasis is placed on the opposable thumb. Brain comparisons are also made between different organisms. Finally, students develop something to demonstrate what it means to be human, biologically. Emphasis is on biological characteristics, such as length of pregnancy, how they get food, mobility, and age at sexual maturity to name a few.
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Read “Digging in the Past” (p.36-37)
Using you notes from about being human, and the fossil skeleton on page 34: Describe how Lucy might of looked, things she might have done during the day, and how she might have gone about doing them.
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Let’s look more into “Lucy”
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Lucy Questions Can this evidence help in filling in the gaps non human primates and now? How does Lucy compare to the today’s female
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