Curated OER
Human Origins: The Prehistoric Human Race
When it comes to the origin of the human species learners are full of misconceptions. Clear up the hominid confusion with this evolutionary activity focused on assisting students in understanding prehistoric man and his family tree....
Curated OER
The Real Eve
Students research about human migration during a specific time period. In this physical science lesson, students watch a video about human evolution. They prepare a presentation on human migration and share it with the class.
Curated OER
America's Stone Age Explorers
Students watch a Nova program examining the earliest in habitants of the Americas. In groups. they take notes on various topics covered in the program. Among the topics covered are: the Clovis people, Solutrean culture, migration...
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Mitochondrial Dna Clarifies Human Evolution (2001)
DNA of the mitochondria has most commonly been used to construct evolutionary trees. New field of population genetics hopes to resolve important questions in migration theories that involve Aboriginies in Australia, North America, and...
Smithsonian Institution
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Paleoamerican Origins
This detailed article from the Encyclopedia Smithsonian lays out the theories and evidence of who were the earliest inhabitants of North and South America. Beginning with the traditional theory of migration using the land bridge, and...
PBS
Tracing Ancestry With Mt Dna
The most common mtDNA ancestor is an African woman named African "Eve" or Mitochondrial Eve. Good explanation of mtDNA versus nuclear DNA through visual interactive family tree.
Nature Research
Nature News and Comment: Ancient Migration: Coming to America
A May, 2012 news feature from Nature magazine looks again at early migration theories that brought man across the Arctic to America. Was Clovis man really the earliest?