Evidence of Human Evolution
Worksheet Set
This activity is an extension of the evidence of evolution worksheet set from above. Instead, the activities here focus around humans and their evolutionary relationship with other primates. Students will compare hand structure, the overall skeleton, cranial capacity of the skull, and the DNA sequence that produces the hemoglobin molecule of humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and other primates.
Essential concepts: Evolution, fossil record, molecular homologies, homologous structures, embryology, vestigial structures, primates.
Answer Key: Available to teachers as part of the biology instructor resources subscription.
