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Probing the Past
| 1. Understand the importance of conducting science in an objective fashion, free of cultural biases. Be aware that this can be a challenge. |
| 2. Know how a hypothesis is formed and the steps taken to see if it becomes a theory. |
| 3. Explain why the context in which an artifact is found is just as important as the artifact itself. |
| 4. Recognize the importance of reconstructing ancient animal and plant communities to understand the development of our species. |
| 5. Be aware of the myriad number of dating techniques used by archaeologists and paleoanthropologists to gather information from artifacts and ecofacts. |
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