SciShow
Facts about Human Evolution
In 2004, scientists found skeletons of a hobbit-like creature in Asia. This discovery is just one more part of the large human evolution puzzle. Scientists continue to build the puzzle with missing pieces and confusing information. This...
TED-Ed
How Do Scars Form?
Most of us have suffered an injury we'd prefer to forget, but lingering scars just won't let us. Watch this video to find out exactly what happens during the healing process that cuases these changes to skin and organ tissue.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Becoming Human Part 2: Birth of Humanity
Part 2 of a 3 part report on becoming human, the program examines theories that early humans developed crucial survival tactics and hunting strategies that allowed us to thrive.
California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences: Human Tool Use
The Academy's Zeray Alemseged's recent discovery pushes human tool-use back over 800,000 years. [2:57]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Humanity on Earth: Development of Agriculture and Writing
Looks at the transition of humans from the Paleolithic Age, when humans used stone tools, up to the development of agriculture in the Neolithic Age, which made settlements possible. The next critical development was the advent of...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Ancient, Tiny Humans Shed Light on Evolution
NPR audio content and article about the fascinating find in a cave in Indonesia -- fully formed bones of an adult who stood barely 3 feet tall and was alive during the time of Homo Sapiens.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Prehistory 101: Prologue
Award-winning video introduces human prehistory starting over 200,000 years ago. Who were our first human ancestors? Where did they live? [4:40]
BBC
Bbc Podcasts: Episode 2: Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool 19 Jan 2010
A simple chipped stone from the Rift Valley in Tanzania marks the emergence of modern humans. Faced with the needs to cut meat from carcasses, early humans in Africa discovered how to shape stones into cutting tools. From that one...