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Evo in the news Tracking COVID-19 outbreaks with evolution - May, 2020 Earlier this month, an autopsy revealed that COVID-19 began killing people in the United States weeks before we noticed. The newly discovered coronavirus victims had not traveled recently and probably caught it from someone in the community. This suggests that the virus was spreading person-to-person in the U.S. earlier than previously believed. The revised timeline also fits well with new evidence collected by scientists who use evolutionary techniques to unveil the sources and course of COVID-19 outbreaks. Read the rest of the story here | See the Evo in the News archive

The Beetle Project: Investigating insects in a warming world Teach high school and college students about connections between evolution and climate change with this new set of lab activities using live lady beetles!		The ChronoZoom Time Atlas of Earth History and Big History Explore the insights into evolution provided by Big History. These graphic panels help explain deep time and life's place in this vast timeline.
A Pleistocene Puzzle: Extinction in South America In this comic, you'll follow the investigation of scientists Maria and Miguel as they solve a paleontological mystery. About 11,000 years ago, more than 80% of the large animal species in South America went extinct. Why did it happen? Maria and Miguel study an area in Chile called Ultima Esperanza. They discover many different lines of evidence that point to a warming climate and the arrival of humans as key causes of the extinctions.		Evo Connection slide sets This series of short slide sets explain several basic biology topics in evolutionary terms. Each set includes notes to help you present every slide.
CSI: Olduvai Gorge. The work of Jackson Njau Follow paleoanthropologist Jackson Njau as he examines fossil evidence for clues of crocodile predation on early hominids.		How boogieing birds evolved: The work of Kim Bostwick When ornithologist Kim Bostwick goes hunting with her binoculars, she's not just looking for birds; she's looking for untold evolutionary stories.