Macat
An Introduction to Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel
Could geography really be the most logical explanation for the success rate of any given population? Jared Diamond makes his anthropological contention in his 1997 publication Guns, Germs, and Steel. A short explores his main points and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Bubonic Plague
In this video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey, learn about bubonic plague and how city officials in San Francisco tried to contain its spread in the early 1900s. [5:06]
PBS
Pbs Nova: Becoming Human, Part 1
"Where did we come from? What makes us human?" Becoming Human is a three-part comprehensive examination of the latest research on our hominid relatives. Part 1 takes a critical look at what set us on the path from ape to human. The...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Forensic Anthropology Bone Whispering
This forensics anthropologist probes into the stories bones can tell about the environment, the life and the death of the past. [29:15]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Talks: Jane Goodall: What Separates Us From Chimpanzees?
This speech by primatologist Jane Goodall discusses the differences between humans and chimps. The resource also includes a biography of Goodall. [27:27]
History of Our World
Podcast History of Our World: 2 the Dawn of Man
Podcast thoroughly discusses the theory of evolution in an episode that is informative and clever. [19:06]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Intro to Anthropology
A video discussing how an anthropologist's job is to understand our past and present. [5:45]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: New Fossil May Trim Branches of Human Evolution
Could Homo erectus, Homo habilis, and the rest of the Homo genus be one species?
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Art History and Other Disciplines
This lesson will explore the relationship between art history and other fields of study.