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Experiments and Variations in Bipedalism (Coursera)

Mar 25th 2024
Experiments and Variations in Bipedalism (Coursera)
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This course will help you learn how fossils give us an insight into how the early members of our lineage walked bipedally. The four million years old bone of Australopithecus anamensis is the oldest undisputed evidence for bipedalism in our lineage. Similarly, Lucy’s, who was Australopithecus afarensis, fossil also [...]

Inquiries Into Bipedalism (Coursera)

Mar 25th 2024
Inquiries Into Bipedalism (Coursera)
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This course will help you learn that the shapes of bones reflect adaptations and the behaviors that animals frequently participate in. Understanding this relationship is critical for reconstructing the activities of animals in the past.

Evolution: A Course for Educators (Coursera)

How are all of the species living on Earth today related? How does understanding evolutionary science contribute to our well-being? In this course, participants will learn about evolutionary relationships, population genetics, and natural and artificial selection. Participants will explore evolutionary science and learn how to integrate it into their [...]

Evolution of the Human Sociality: A Quest for the Origin of Our Social Behavior (edX)

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Evolution of the Human Sociality: A Quest for the Origin of Our Social Behavior (edX)
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Learn about human evolution and primatology, the scientific study of primates. Through the process of evolution, animals have developed their biological features and their cultures based on their surrounding environments. How we live our lives today is a direct result of features developed from our primate ancestors as they [...]

Understanding and Teaching Evolution (FutureLearn)

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Understanding and Teaching Evolution (FutureLearn)
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Learn key concepts in biological evolution and find out how to integrate them into the classroom. Find out how to teach evolution to 7–16 year olds. How does evolution happen? Can we observe it in real time? How do new species come about and how long does this take? [...]

A Question of Time: How We Date Human Evolution (FutureLearn)

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A Question of Time: How We Date Human Evolution (FutureLearn)
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Discover the role that dating human fossils plays in the reconstruction of human evolution: explore examples from around the world. Uncover the history of our ancestors by dating human fossils. Trace your origins and develop your understanding of human evolution, with this course from the world-leading experts at Griffith [...]