Inquiries Into Bipedalism
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Inquiries Into Bipedalism at Coursera Overview
Duration | 15 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Inquiries Into Bipedalism at Coursera Highlights
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Inquiries Into Bipedalism at Coursera Course details
- This course will help you learn that the shapes of bones reflect adaptations and the behaviors that animals frequently participate in. Understanding this relationship is critical for reconstructing the activities of animals in the past. In this course, you will participate in two such activities. You will examine the femurs from a number of different species. You will also explore how footprint data is used to estimate the height of a species. You will participate in a dig at the Koobi Fora fossil site in Kenya. Furthermore, you will explore what a phylogenetic tree is and how they help in discovering the relative relatedness of a group of species. Virtually you will visit the Hall of Human Origins at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. This course will also help you understand the world of fossils. How fossils are formed, how paleontologists find fossils, how they are examined to find information will also be discussed here.
- Every module of this course has been created with the intention of a "hands-on" learner experience, where you can play around with and learn from 3D renditions of different human and animal fossils. You will explore fossil sites as well.
Inquiries Into Bipedalism at Coursera Curriculum
Module 1: Inquiry Activities
Module 2: Visiting the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Video: Welcome to the Hall of Human Origins
Video: A Day In the Life of Lucy and Australopithecus
Video: Walking in Their Footsteps
Video: From Bipedalism to Tool Use
Video: Learning From Fossils
Video: The Origins of Controlled Fire
Video: Reflections on Learning to Walk
Video: Paleoart
Video: Homo sapiens
Video: Creating Emotional Connections
Explore More: The Hall of Human Origins
Visiting the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Learning Journal: Visiting the Smithsonian
Module 3: Science in Action
Video: Learning From Fossils
Video: Dating Fossils
Video: Finding Fossils
Video: Formation of Fossils
Experiencing Human Origins in Southern Africa - Part 1
Experiencing Human Origins in Southern Africa - Part 2
Experiencing Human Origins in Southern Africa - Part 3
Science in Action
Learning Journal: What's Next?
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