Darwin was the first to describe a Tree of Life in 1859; since then, the idea has grown both literally and metaphorically. The video explains ancestry and its origins. How many generations back was the first human? How many generations back do we know? Why are there so many missing bits of information? These questions and many more are answered in the video.

Concepts

evolution, family trees, species

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a biography on Richard Dawkins
• Explore the Tree of Life at http://www.tolweb.org/tree/

Classroom Considerations

• Carefully consider the beliefs of your learning community; not all groups accept the theory of evolution
• Be aware the comment section is filled with hate, religious name calling, and curse words

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Includes closed captioning in the following languages: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese
• Notes section provides links to further reading on the topic

Cons

• None