University of Oxford (UK)
Pitt Rivers Museum: Methods of Making Fire
An informative article summarizing the history of fire, how humans have used it and the various methods humans have used to start a fire.
BBC
Bbc: The Discovery of Fire
A brief but nice article which summarizes some of the theories concerning the discovery and use of fire by early humans.
Other
Personal Site: The Discovery of Fire
A firth grade lesson designed to introduce students to the discovery of fire and how early man might have discovered how they could use "fire".
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Sahelanthropus
An encyclopedia article on the oldest known hominid discusses the features of the fossils that were found, the region in which they were found, and what this means for human evolution.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science: The Oldest Known Campfires?
A short article reporting on the discovery at an archaeological dig of an apparent human-controlled fire from 790,000 years ago. This early human would have been hominids.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Australopithecus Anamensis
Wikipedia's entry on Australopithecus anamensis. It discusses its scientific classification, age and its posture.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Transforming Leap, From Four Legs to Two
John Noble Wilford, a "New York Times" science writer, outlines various hypotheses on the origin of bipedalism.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Geostories: Hominin History
Launch the GeoStory to find out about hominins. There are many, many extinct hominins, a fraction of which are represented in this activity.
Other
Cartage.org: Australopithecus Afarensis
This essay provides a picture along with brief physical description of one of modern man's earliest ancestors.
Curated OER
Unesco: Tanzania: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area spans vast expanses of highland plains, savanna, savanna woodlands and forests. Established in 1959 as a multiple land use area, with wildlife coexisting with semi-nomadic Maasai pastoralists practicing...