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Internet Activities: Human Ancestry
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1.
Read through the Hominidae: Species Overview. http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/evolution.htm
Try to overcome the technical language and focus on how archaeologists and anthropologists distinguish individual species from each other. In the absence of written materials, what evidence do these scientists use as the basis for their theories? What kinds of physical details in the artifacts become crucial when making these distinctions?
2.
Browse through the Hall of Skulls: http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/skullpage.htm.
What are the physical changes that occur in the skulls as these hominids evolve?





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