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The Missing Link The setting for this case study is a paleontological dig in East Africa, where an undergraduate student has unearthed part of what appears to be an ancestral human skull. Students read the story and then examine a number of primate skulls. They are asked to build a phylogeny based on their observations.

Audience:  13-16 Source:  Strasser, M. Elizabeth Resource type:  Classroom activity