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Anthropology

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Evolution

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1. Ancient Civilizations
2. Ancient History
3. Archaeology
4. Archaeology

Lesson Plans

1. Anthropology Lessons (AskERIC)
   Provides lessons by grade level. 2-01

Lists

1. Archaeology and Anthropology Resources (Beaudoin)
2. Cleveland Museum of Art
   Provides anthropology resources.
3. Prehistory (Mautz)
   Provides links to people, places, and events. Ties resources into links in the arts related to the same time periods and places.

Materials

1. Egypt - Egyptian Mummies
2. France - Paleolithic Painted Cave at Vallon-Pont d'Arc
3. Peru - Peruvian Mummies (NOVA)

Papers

1. Aegyptopithecus
   Provides a picture of the skull of an ape-like species from 36.6 - 23.7 million years ago.
2. Americans - First Americans (Scientific American - Schurr)
   Provides dozens of articles regarding when and how humans first inhabited the Americas. 1-00
3. Americans - First Americans (applesforhealth)
   A consensus is beginning to emerge among researchers in archeology, genetics, and linguistics suggesting the first Americans were a mix of at least four different ethnic groups, with the first settlers arriving as much as 35,000 years ago. 04-21-00.
4. Ancient Humans - Early Man (Donn)
   Provides articles on Australopithecus, Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus and Homo Sapiens (Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon and Moderns).
5. Anthropology - Early Humans Timeline (Donn)
   Provides a timeline covering the different species of humans.
6. Archaeology (Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology) 6-00
7. Chinchorro Mummies Believed to be 8000 Years Old
8. Classification of Hominids - How They Are Classified (Foley)
   Provides the criteria by which ancient fossils are classified as hominids or early humans.
9. Classification of Hominids - What Has Been Found (Foley)
   Provides a history of findings, what was found, and pictures of skulls of early humans.
10. Classification of Hominids 2 - Australopithecus afarensis (Washington State University)
    Provides drawings and an article. Focuses on the famous fossil named Lucy. This species lived 4 - 2.7 million years ago.
11. Classification of Hominids 3 - Australopithecus africanus (Washington State University)
    Provides drawings and an article. This species lived 3 - 2 million years ago.
12. Classification of Hominids 4 - Australopithecus robustus (Washington State University)
    Provides fossils and an article. This species lived 2.2 - 1 million years ago.
13. Classification of Hominids 5 - Homo habilis (Washington State University)
    Provides fossils and an article. This species lived 2.2 - 1.6 million years ago.
14. Classification of Hominids 6 - Homo erectus (Washington State University)
    Provides fossils and an article. This species lived 2 - .4 million years ago.
15. Classification of Hominids 7 - Homo sapiens (archaic) (Washington State University)
    Provides fossils and an article on the earliest evidence of our own species. This species lived 400,000 - 2000 years ago.
16. Classification of Hominids 8 - Homo sapiens neandertalensis (Washington State University)
    Provides fossils and an article on the Neanderthal species, closely related to modern humans. This species lived 200,000 - 30,000 years ago.
17. Classification of Hominids 9 - Homo sapiens sapiens (Washington State University)
    Provides fossils and an article on the modern human, dating back to 130,000 BCE.
18. Creationism - Arguments Against (Foley)
    Provides arguments against the creationist position that there is a clear dividing line between early human fossils and ape fossils. Also argues against the idea that insufficient physical evidence exists for ancient hominids.
19. Dating Artifacts - How Old Is It? (Scientific American - Schurr)
    Describes radioactive carbon dating and how interpretations of results can vary widely. 1-00
20. Europeans Very Close According to DNA (Time Europe - Graff)
    Provides genetic support for the theory that Europeans are more related to each other than formerly believed. "The vast majority of Europeans, be they Italians or Swedes, whether they pride themselves on their aristocratic or their peasant origins, can trace their ancestry to just seven female lineages and as few as 10 male ones." 5-01
21. Extinctions - Humans Associated With Ancient Extinctions (Boston Globe - Cook)
    Describes a study that shows that species of large animals died off after humans arrived, suggesting that humans were the cause of the extinctions. 6-01
22. Faces of Ancestors (Scientific American - Schurr)
    Describes the history of constructing faces from skulls. 1-00
23. Genetic Anthropology (Scientific American - Schurr)
    Describes how scientists trace human migrations by using mtDNA and Y chromosome markers. The focus is on the first migrations into the Americas. 1-00
24. Gigantopithecus (Pettifor)
    Provides a drawing and an article. This species is considered to be an ape rather than a hominid.
25. Neanderthal Flute (Fink)
    Provides a picture, essay, and news coverage of a flute made of a bone that is believed to be at least 43,000 years old, making it the world's oldest musical instrument.
26. Pre-History (Hos-McGrane)
    Provides information about human origins, including Cro-Magnon, Neanderthal, and other early humans or hominids.
27. Proconsul africanus
    Provides a picture of the skull of an ape-like species from 23.7 - 5.3 million years ago.