Transcript what makes us human revised

What Makes us
Human?
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Bill? Bill? Bill? Bill?
The Anthropological Perspective
 Physical anthropologists study human biological
evolution through the examination of fossil evidence
and the study of cultural remains
 Carolus Linnaeus was one of the earliest naturalists to
classify plants, animals and humans according to their
anatomical structures
 In the late 18th and early 19th centuries discoveries of
fossils indicated that humanity had existed and
evolved.
The Anthropological
Perspective: Charles Darwin
 Charles Darwin believed that over long periods of time
species adapt to to changing climate and
environmental conditions, and those species that do
not adapt die out.
Charles Darwin
 Developed theory of natural selection, that species
are forced to evolve or else face extinction, and over
centuries of adaptation species pass on these survival
characteristics…survival of the fittest
Charles Darwin
 Published On the Origin of Species outlining his theory
of natural selection
 Darwin suggested that humans first evolved in Africa
 DARWIN GAME TIME!
Darwin Game
 http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/darwin
/darwin.html
 Take notes on what happens and the decision you
made as you play the game.
 Keep playing until you survive.
 Once you have survived, you can play again or start
your reflection paragraph
Evolution Continues…
 Jeopardy computer vs. human