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Students formulate explanations and models that simulate structural and biochemical data as they investigate the misconception that humans evolved from apes.Author/Source:
National Academy of Sciences Grade level:
9-12 Time:
Two class periods. Concepts:
Correspondence to the Next Generation Science Standards is indicated in parentheses after each relevant concept. See our conceptual framework for details. - Present-day species evolved from earlier species; the relatedness of organisms is the result of common ancestry. (LS4.A)
- Similarities among existing organisms provide evidence for evolution. (LS4.A)
- Anatomical similarities of living things reflect common ancestry. (LS4.A)
- All life forms use the same basic DNA building blocks. (LS4.A)
- A hallmark of science is exposing ideas to testing. (P3, P4, P6, P7)
- Our understanding of life through time is based upon multiple lines of evidence.
- Scientists use the similarity of DNA nucleotide sequences to infer the relatedness of taxa. (LS4.A)
- Scientists use anatomical evidence to infer the relatedness of taxa. (LS4.A)
- Scientists may explore many different hypotheses to explain their observations. (P7)
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