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Video-Enhanced Lesson

Modern Family: Lesson Overview

In this lesson, students learn about an important yet extinct branch of the human family tree – the Neanderthals. (Grades 9-12)

Jun 20th, 2010 | Comments

Video Segments

These segments from the Human Spark: Becoming Us highlight and explore an important yet extinct branch of the human family tree – the Neanderthals. These segments may be used on their own or in conjunction with the lesson plan, Modern Family.

May 8th, 2010 | Comments
WHAT IS THE HUMAN SPARK?
Alan Alda
What is the nature of human uniqueness?
In a three-part series originally brodcast on PBS in January 2010, Alan Alda takes this question personally, visiting with dozens of scientists on three continents -- even undergoing an examination of his own brain.
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Neuroscience
Primates
Human Evolution
Child Development
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