Instructional Video

Pbs Learning Media: Becoming a Fossil

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This video segment describes how the Australopithecus afarensis skeleton known as Lucy could have been fossilized. Footage courtesy of NOVA: "In Search of Human Origins." [2:34]

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Concepts
extinction, fossils
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Additional Tags
biological evolution, evolution of humans, geologic record, history of life, australopithecus afarensis, lucy, pbs learningmedia: becoming a fossil, teachers' domain, wgbh, fossil record, the australopithecus genus
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)