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Talk Origins: The Hominid Species HandoutTalk Origins: The Hominid Species Handout
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Talk Origins Archive
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Handouts & References
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Lexile Measures
1200L
Handout

Talk Origins: The Hominid Species

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Talk Origins gives a broad description of the types of Hominid species, and then gives a description of each species. Includes the specific characteristics of each, and explains the differences between the species.

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Concepts

fossils, genus

Additional Tags

aethiopicus, africanus, anamensis, apes, bipedal, boisei, erectus, evolutionary history, garhi, habilis, human evolution, neanderthalensis, paleoanthropology, robustus, ardipithecus ramidus, australopithecus afarensis, hominoidea, homo erectus, homo sapien, neanderthal man, peking man, ramapithecus, turkana boy, hominid, savannah environment, skull morphology, australopithecus genus

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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