Human Ancestors

Gr 6 Social Studies

Ardipithecus

• Ardipithecus ramidus - Smithsonian
• Ardipithecus ramidus - Australian Museum
• Ardipithecus ramidus - Macroevolution.net
• Oldest Skeleton of Human Ancestor Found - National Geographic

Australopithecus

• Australopithecus - DK Find Out
• Australopithecus - Encyclopaedia Brittanica
• Australopithecus Afarensis - Smithsonian
• Australian Museum - Australopithecus afarensis
• Australopithecus Africanus - Smithsonian

Homo habilis

• Homo Habilis - Smithsonian
• Homo Habilis - Australian Museum
• Homo Habilis - Encyclopedia Britannica
• Homo Habilis - Becoming Human/Institute of Human Origins

Homo erectus

• Homo Erectus - Smithsonian
• Homo Erectus - Australian Museum
• Homo Erectus - DK Find Out
• Facts About Homo Erectus - LiveScience
• Homo Erectus - Early Human Evolution, Palomar College

Neanderthal

• Homo Neanderthalensis - Smithsonian

Homo Neanderthalensis - Australian Museum

Neanderthal Shelters - KidsPast

• Neanderthal 'artwork' found in Gibraltar cave - BBC News 1 Sept 2014
• Neanderthals: Facts About Our Extinct Human Relatives - LiveScience

Homo sapiens (Cro-Magnon)

• Homo Sapiens - Modern Humans - Australian Museum
• Discovery of Earliest Homo Sapien Skulls backs 'Out of Africa' Theory - Bradshaw Foundation
• Homo Sapiens - Smithsonian
• Early Modern Homo Sapiens - Early Human Evolution, Palomar College
• Cro Magnon 1 - Smithsonian
• Cro Magnon Man - Columbia Encyclopedia

For Fun (After Research Is Complete) - Games & Interactives

• Dig and Deduce - PBS Nova
• Caveman challenge game - BBC
• Hunt the Ancestor - BBC
• The Human Lineage Through Time - Being Human
• Primate Bipedalism: Understanding Standing Up - Being Human
• Comparison of Human and Ape Chromosomes - Being Human
• Who's Who In Human Evolution - PBS Nova
• Meet Your Relatives - American Museum of Natural History

Dig in

• Human Evolution - Australian Museum

News & New Discoveries

• Discoveries at Lake Turkana - Video from NG about fossils of what turned out to be an Australopithecus anamensis