Instructional Video6:37
SciShow

Denisovans: Our Mysterious Cousins That Made Us Better

12th - Higher Ed
During most of the past 2 million years or so, there were several species of hominins on Earth at any given time. Like, you might be familiar with our famous extinct cousins, the Neanderthals. But since 2010 we’ve been uncovering...
Instructional Video9:51
PBS

When Humans Were Prey

12th - Higher Ed
Not too long ago, our early human ancestors were under constant threat of attack from predators. And it turns out that this difficult chapter in our history may be responsible for the adaptations that allowed us to become so successful.
Instructional Video9:01
Cerebellum

Prehistoric Man Human Evolution - What Do Fossils Tell Us?

9th - 12th
Beginning in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, geologists, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists have given the world evidence of the physical and cultural development of humans. This video looks at the...
Instructional Video8:25
Cerebellum

Prehistoric Man Human Evolution - What Skeletons Reveal

9th - 12th
Beginning in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, geologists, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists have given the world evidence of the physical and cultural development of humans. This video looks at how...
Instructional Video8:24
Cerebellum

Prehistoric Man Human Evolution - Speech And Language

9th - 12th
Beginning in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, geologists, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists have given the world evidence of the physical and cultural development of humans. This video looks at the...
Instructional Video3:03
Cerebellum

Prehistoric Man Human Evolution - Why Do Humans Dominate The Earth?

9th - 12th
Beginning in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, geologists, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists have given the world evidence of the physical and cultural development of humans. This video looks at what...
Instructional Video10:46
Cerebellum

Prehistoric Man Human Evolution - The Human Family Tree

9th - 12th
Beginning in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, geologists, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists have given the world evidence of the physical and cultural development of humans. This video looks at how...
Instructional Video6:18
CuriosaMente

Who was the first human being?

9th - 12th
We all were born to someone else. But who was the first person ever? And whom was she born to? Could it be a being who was not completely human? Who was the first person on earth? The question of who the first human being was is complex....
Instructional Video1:19
Visual Learning Systems

Life Through Time: Life in the Cenozoic Era

9th - 12th
This fascinating program takes students on a journey through time as the history of life on Earth is explored. From the dawn of life to the existence of advanced vertebrate animals, each of the major periods of life are investigated....
Instructional Video3:34
Mazz Media

Family

6th - 8th
This live-action video program is about family. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and...
Instructional Video7:41
Cerebellum

Prehistoric Man Human Evolution - First Hominids

9th - 12th
Beginning in the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, geologists, archaeologists and paleoanthropologists have given the world evidence of the physical and cultural development of humans. In this video the...
News Clip7:55
Curated Video

New technique helping to uncover humans' ancient past

Higher Ed
1. Various of professor and assistant examining items including ancient elephant and hippo bones and Hominid tools 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Eitan Tchernov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem: "They were tool makers not only tool...
Instructional Video2:27
Curated Video

FRANCE: REMAINS OF YOUNGEST FOSSILISED BABIES SHOWN AT MUSEUM

Higher Ed
English/Nat A team of archaeologists in Paris on Tuesday showed off the remains of the youngest fossilised babies ever found. The team, which discovered the bones after unearthing a site outside Pretoria, South Africa, consists of...
Instructional Video2:29
Curated Video

ISRAEL: ARCHAEOLOGISTS MAN'S ANCESTORS DISCOVERY

Higher Ed
English/Nat An Israeli archaeologist has found what he said could be evidence that man's ancestors first left Africa 2 (m) million years ago. That's about 200,000 years earlier that commonly accepted by scientists. At a site in Northern...
Instructional Video13:29
PBS

When We Met Other Human Species

6th - 12th Standards
It seems the human species may have learned from its mistakes—when it comes to evolution, anyway. Examine the characteristics of ancient hominins in an installment of the PBS Eon series. The video instructor discusses fossil records to...
Instructional Video19:44
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Great Transitions: The Origin of Humans

9th - 12th
What makes you human? Bipedality, tool use, and large brains, of course! Scholars learn about the early evolution of humans by watching a video. Scientists explain the challenges in studying early humans and the information gleaned from...
Instructional Video12:32
SciShow

Facts about Human Evolution

9th - 12th
In 2004, scientists found skeletons of a hobbit-like creature in Asia. This discovery is just one more part of the large human evolution puzzle. Scientists continue to build the puzzle with missing pieces and confusing information. This...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Nova: Becoming Human Part 3: Last Human Standing

9th - 10th
Becoming Human Part 3: Last Human Standing, examines the fate of the last of the Neanderthals during the Ice Age. The question of "How did modern humans take over the world?", is explored. [01:20:00]
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Move Over, Lucy; Ardi May Be Oldest Human Ancestor

9th - 10th
See an artist's rendition of what some paleoanthropologists believe could be the common ancestor of both humans and chimps and read about the discovery of what scientists said was the oldest known human ancestor, Ardipithecus ramidus....
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: New Fossil Find

9th - 10th
New fossil finds shake up the human family tree.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Study Suggests Earlier Meat Eating in Hominids

9th - 10th
Study authors say fossil bones have marks from the tools used for butchering.