Students read and article on how Neanderthals, the closest species to modern humans, lived, why they went excinct, how part of their genome is carried on in people today. Students then do an activity to model natural selection.
Natural Selection Modeling with Neanderthals
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Science — Life Science
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Grades 6-8
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60 Seconds with a Scientist - Briana Pobiner, Paleoanthropologist
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Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
