https://padlet.com/nhamlet1/97cu14nzcit8ad39 The short film Great Transitions: The Origin of Humans highlights the most important hominid fossil discoveries of the past 50 years and the insights they provide into human evolution, focusing on three key traits: bipedality, tool use, and larger brains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=34&v=Yjr0R0jgct4&feature=emb_logo en-us 2020-09-20 17:01:13 UTC 2020-09-20 17:11:05 UTC hello@padlet.com nhamlet1 https://padlet.com/nhamlet1/97cu14nzcit8ad39/wish/762168666  Which physical and behavioral characteristics do you think distinguish humans from other primates? List three key ones. ]]> 2020-09-20 17:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nhamlet1/97cu14nzcit8ad39/wish/762168666 nhamlet1 https://padlet.com/nhamlet1/97cu14nzcit8ad39/wish/762169630  Charles Darwin hypothesized that humans and the African great apes all descended from a common ancestor. What evidence would you expect to find in the fossil record to support this hypothesis? ]]> 2020-09-20 17:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nhamlet1/97cu14nzcit8ad39/wish/762169630