Curated OER
Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey, Part 5 of 13
Part five of the 13-part series begins with a refutable argument stating that genetically, the ancient people of Australia were populated by the first African ancestors. Spencer Wells travels to India to find the link that bridges...
Curated OER
Human Evolution Made Easy
Add this video to your classroom collection! Human evolution is covered from the beginnings of evolutionary theory to the paleo-anthropologists who uncovered a multitude of evidence showing the changes that lead to modern man. Intended...
Curated OER
Human Ancestry Made Easy
Explore the Out of Africa Theory, genetics, and human ancestry with this clear and interesting video clip. Older scientists will gain a basic understanding of how genetic markers have helped anthropologists determine the origin and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Evolving Ideas: Did Humans Evolve?
This video from Evolution explores the evolution of humans from a common ancestor of humans, chimpanzees, and other apes. [5:28]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Walking Tall
This video segment from Evolution: "Great Transformations" illustrates the differences between the skeletons of a chimpanzee (a knuckle-walker) and a human (a biped). [57 sec]
PBS
Pbs Nova: Becoming Human, Part 1
"Where did we come from? What makes us human?" Becoming Human is a three-part comprehensive examination of the latest research on our hominid relatives. Part 1 takes a critical look at what set us on the path from ape to human. The...
PBS
Pbs Nova: Becoming Human Part 1: First Steps
NOVA examines what set Homo sapiens apart from our ancestral cousins like the Neanderthals, the Hobbits, and others. We lived and thrived, why? Also, are we still evolving even today?
PBS
Pbs Nova: Becoming Human Part 3: Last Human Standing
Becoming Human Part 3: Last Human Standing, examines the fate of the last of the Neanderthals during the Ice Age. The question of "How did modern humans take over the world?", is explored. [01:20:00]
PBS
Pbs Nova: What Darwin Never Knew
Darwin figured out a lot, there is no doubt about that! But, what didn't he know? How does evolution work? What are the missing links? What makes us human? Here is a fascinating video on just that. Includes the full video as well as...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Evolution: Humanity on Earth
This session travels the earth tracking the evolution of humanity from the age of the dinosaurs through human beings. [12:26]
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Human Evolution Early Human Diets
An archaeologist explains how the bones of early humans can reveal information about their diets. [29:15]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A New Human Relative, From a Dna Sample?
Genetic analysis of DNA from a single prehistoric finger bone may point to a new branch of the human family tree.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A New Species, or Just Small Humans?
The discovery of unusual skeletal remains on the islands of Palau suggests that the so-called 'hobbits' found several years ago in Indonesia may have been dwarf humans, not a separate species.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: How Cooking Made Us Human
An interview with primatologist Richard Wrangham, the author of Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human. He believes that cooking food led to humans' evolutionary success. Aired Aug. 28, 2009 [28:02]
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]
Crash Course
Crash Course Big History #7: Migrations and Intensification
A crash course about humanity conquering the Earth. As human beings spread out across the world and populations grew, humanity reached a critical mass of innovators, and collective learning ensued. [13:41]
Crash Course
Crash Course Big History #6: Human Evolution
John and Hank teach you about how human primates moved out of Africa, and how humans evolved. [16:14]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Gorilla Genome Sheds Light on Human Evolution
A look at recently published research on the decoding of the gorilla's genome and how this impacts on our understanding of human evolution. Aired Mar. 9, 2012 [12:24 min]
Crash Course
Crash Course Big History #204: Why Human Evolution Matters
This video focuses on why human evolution matters including the impact of collective learning, natural selection, cultural evolution, adaptation, the ability of communication, and the use of brain power and its ability to build on prior...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Humanity on Earth: Human Evolution Overview
A video investigating human evolution from the extinction of the dinosaurs to humanity today. [12:25]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Genealogy and Human Ancestry
Explore human migration from over 60,000 years ago with this video! Listen to Henry Louis Gates, Jr. story of how his own family history has helped scholars explore human migration. [4:53]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Crash Course Big History: Human Evolution
A video from Crash Course investigating human evolution. [15:41]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Threshold 6: Humans and Collective Learning
A video investigating the important force that cause man to evolve. Learn what makes man so different from other living things. [2:42]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Evolution: Human Evolution Overview
From the extinction of the dinosaurs to humanity. [12:25]