Standard #: SC.912.L.15.10


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Identify basic trends in hominid evolution from early ancestors six million years ago to modern humans, including brain size, jaw size, language, and manufacture of tools.


General Information

Subject Area: Science
Grade: 912
Body of Knowledge: Life Science
Standard: Diversity and Evolution of Living Organisms -

A. The scientific theory of evolution is the fundamental concept underlying all of biology.

B. The scientific theory of evolution is supported by multiple forms of scientific evidence.

C. Organisms are classified based on their evolutionary history.

D. Natural selection is a primary mechanism leading to evolutionary change.

Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08
Content Complexity Rating: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 05/08
Status: State Board Approved

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Related Access Points

Access Point Number Access Point Title
SC.912.L.15.Pa.1 Recognize that plants and animals change as they age.
SC.912.L.15.In.4 Recognize ways that the appearance of humans, their language, and their tools have changed over time.
SC.912.L.15.Su.4 Recognize that humans have changed in appearance over a very long period of time.


Related Resources

Lesson Plan

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The Times They Are A Changin'

Students will combine their knowledge of the effects of climate change on ecosystems with trends in hominid evolution to predict future changes in hominid evolution.

Original Student Tutorial

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Climbing Around the Hominin Family Tree

Learn to identify basic trends in the evolutionary history of humans, including walking upright, brain size, jaw size, and tool use in "Climbing Around the Hominin Family Tree" online tutorial.

Text Resources

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Male Faces May Have Evolved to Be Punch-Resistant

This informational text resource is intended to support reading in the content area. The article describes new research suggesting that human ancestors, particularly males, evolved stronger jaws that were resistant to punches. (Females, perhaps less prone to fighting, do not show this same adaptation). This contradicts earlier hypotheses, which suggested that larger jaws evolved to better consume food resources.

 

International Research Team Close Human Evolution Gap with Discovery of 1.4 Million-Year-Old Fossil

Scientists discover a fossil which dates back 1.42 million years and shows the development of a bone not found in human fossils prior to this date.

What We Learned about Human Origins in 2013

This informational text is intended to support reading in the content area. The article summarizes the gains in the understanding of hominid evolution to include comparative archaeology and biology, DNA and tool analysis.

Meet the Oldest Member of the Human Family

This informational text is intended to support reading in the content area. This article from Scientific American describes a fossil skull of a new genus and species of hominid thought to be 7 million years old, which was found in central Africa.

New Fossils Reveal Older Human Ancestor

This informational text resource is intended to support reading in the content area. This text is about the finding of a hominid fossil that is 1.5 million years older than other hominid fossils found to date.

Student Resources

Original Student Tutorial

Name Description
Climbing Around the Hominin Family Tree:

Learn to identify basic trends in the evolutionary history of humans, including walking upright, brain size, jaw size, and tool use in "Climbing Around the Hominin Family Tree" online tutorial.



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