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Evidence: Why Have a Fossil Cast Collection? (Clip)
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Anthropologist Katerina Harvati explains the importance of cast collections to the study of human evolution.
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Date: August 26, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
Keywords: human fossils, human evolution
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Date: August 26, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
Keywords: human fossils, human evolution
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Evidence: The Pencil Test (Clip)
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Various features of a fossil skull help anthropologists determine what species it belongs to. Here, anthropologist Katerina Harvati explains how a pencil can be used to distinguish between ancient human species.
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Date: August 26, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Date: August 26, 2008
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Evidence: Why Did the Neanderthals Disappear? (Clip)
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Some 35,000 years ago, Neanderthals became extinct. Climate change and a taste for steaks may be to blame. (Sound familiar?) Anthropologist Katerina Harvati explains.
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Date: August 26, 2008
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Evidence: Neanderthals: Fact vs. Fiction (Clip)
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Anthropologist Katerina Harvati dispels popular myths about Neanderthals.
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Date: August 26, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Date: August 26, 2008
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Evidence: Did Humans and Neanderthals Mix? (Clip)
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Anthropologist Jean-Jacques Hublin gives evidence suggesting that humans and Neanderthals exchanged culture and technologies.
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Date: August 26, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Date: August 26, 2008
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Evidence: Humans, Chimps, and Culture (Clip)
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Evolutionary geneticist Svante Pääbo explains that culture—long thought to be an exclusively human characteristic—is evident among other primates as well.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Date: August 21, 2008
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Evidence: Chimpanzees: Leaf Clipping (Clip)
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Primatologist Christophe Boesch demonstrates and discusses a leaf clipping, an aspect of chimpanzee behavior.
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Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
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Date: August 21, 2008
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Evidence: Chimpanzees: Ant Dipping (Clip)
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Primatologist Christophe Boesch demonstrates and discusses ant dipping, an aspect of chimpanzee behavior.
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Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
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Date: August 21, 2008
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Evidence: Chimpanzees: Nut Cracking (Clip)
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Primatologist Christophe Boesch demonstrates and discusses nut cracking, an aspect of chimpanzee behavior.
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Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
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Date: August 21, 2008
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Evidence: Chimpanzees: Culture Loss (Clip)
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Primatologist Christophe Boesch explains that declining chimpanzee populations threatens the study of chimpanzee culture.
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
Keywords: chimpanzee, chimpanzee culture, habitat loss
Project: Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know? | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology, General Science
Keywords: chimpanzee, chimpanzee culture, habitat loss
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