Ardipithecus ramidus shares features with both humans and chimpanzees. Learn about where Ardi, humans, and chimps fit in the tree of life by comparing anatomical features including the foot, pelvis, and teeth. After exploring those features, individuals view lectures about this fascinating skeleton and discover the conclusions of scientists.

Concepts

evolution, skeletons, human ancestry, chimpanzees, phylogenetic trees, fossils

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Learn more about the recent research on Ardi
• Map the locations of where scientists found each human ancestor
  

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on prior knowledge of evolution, human ancestry, and skeletons

Pros

• Provides a worksheet to help scaffold the interactive
• Great for either traditional instruction or a flipped classroom

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4