Are you looking for a comprehensive resource on human/hominin evolution? Do your students need something that is engaging, covers all the important content and uses simple language that is generally easier to understand than the average textbook?

Human Evolution and Classification | Hominin Evolution is a professionally-created, human generated and visually stimulating PowerPoint presentation/PDF that will help your students gain a better understanding of how humans and hominins have evolved over time - including important fossil discoveries that have contributed to our knowledge of this process. There are lots of colorful, easy-to-follow diagrams to assist the visual learner and facilitate good class discussion and - as an added bonus - it also includes a set of detailed digital summary notes (PDF) that teachers can use for their own reference.

Suitable for students in Grades 10 - 12, Human Evolution and Classification | Hominin Evolution - PDF & PowerPoint is ready to use and will save teachers enormous amounts of valuable lesson preparation time! It can easily be used as both an introduction to a new unit, or as review.

Human Evolution and Classification | Hominin Evolution - PDF & PowerPoint consists of 39 slides and covers the following topics:

• classification of humans into taxonomic groups
• features of mammals, primates and apes
• classification of apes
• important fossil discoveries: Lucy and the Taung Child (digital summary notes)
• evolution of characteristics associated with the transition from pre-human to human species, including bipedalism, introduction of meat to the diet and increased brain capacity leading to behavioral changes
• features of major 'Homo' species, such as H. habilis, H. erectus and H. neanderthalensis
• Africa as the 'cradle of humanity'
• change in lifestyle of modern humans from that of hunter-gatherer to farming/agriculture
• differences between biological, cultural and technological evolution
• evidence of migration of modern humans, including the use of mtDNA to track this migration (digital summary notes).

Also available:

Human Evolution: from Hominin to Homo sapiens - Printable & Digital Worksheets (teacherspayteachers.com)

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