Big brains are one of the features that make us human. Find out when during our evolution our brains got big and why this change occurred.
Ask An Anthropologist
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Hand Made
When you put on the mitts and try to build a structure, you will get a sense of how hard it would be to do things that we do every day if our hands were shaped differently.
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Many types of plants and animals lived alongside our ancestors in East Africa over the last six million years. These organisms can help us learn about the habitats of early humans and how these habitats changed over time.
Teamwork isn’t just something you do playing sports. It’s also a very important part of what makes humans unique.
Have you ever wondered how your cat, dog, bird, lizard, or fish is related to you? Animal bodies today are like living history books. They tell us a story that goes back at least 500 million years.
