Mystery Fossil: Physical Anthropology Laboratory Exercises 4.0 by Park, Michael;

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This CD-ROM simulates a physical anthropology laboratory experience and teaches students to think like paleoanthropologists. The CD contains descriptions and full color images of 6 unknown (or ?mystery?) fossils, 18 known fossils, and the crania and dentition of a modern chimp and human. There are 14 exercises for students to complete within the program. These exercises led students through the steps paleoanthropologists use to study fossil hominins, from learning basic anatomy, measurement of skulls, interpretation of results, and identification of Mystery Fossils. Students learn about lumping and splitting species, and the program asks students to determine the species of the unknown fossils and place them on the hominid family tree.

This CD-ROM simulates a physical anthropology laboratory experience and teaches students to think like paleoanthropologists. The CD contains descriptions and full color images of 6 unknown (or ?mystery?) fossils, 18 known fossils, and the crania and dentition of a modern chimp and human. There are 14 exercises for students to complete within the program. These exercises led students through the steps paleoanthropologists use to study fossil hominins, from learning basic anatomy, measurement of skulls, interpretation of results, and identification of Mystery Fossils. Students learn about lumping and splitting species, and the program asks students to determine the species of the unknown fossils and place them on the hominid family tree.

Tartalomjegyzék:

Exercise 1. Basic skeletal and dental anatomy

Exercise 2. Dating methods

Exercise 3. Distinguishing Hominins

Exercise 4. Evolutionary trends in cranial capacity

Exercise 5. Evolution of the Hominid face and skull

Exercise 6. Mystery Fossil 1

Exercise 7. Mystery Fossil 2

Exercise 8. Mystery Fossil 3

Exercise 9. Mystery Fossil 4

Exercise 10. Mystery Fossil 5

Exercise 11. Mystery Fossil 6

Exercise 12. Lumping and Splitting

Exercise 13. The Paranthropus question

Exercise 14. Phylogeny

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