Anthropology question
This will be an open discussion regarding the second Student Presentation. It is for Extra Credit and can earn up to .5 pts.
The instructor will interact with each student in this discussion. It is strongly advised you BEGIN the first day in presenting
the following and you must conclude no later than March 16
RUBRIC: 2 pts possible for the following:
1 – Introduce yourself and the topic you have chosen to present and why you chose it.
2 – Discuss any difficulties you are having researching this topic
3 – Describe how you plan to present your topic (ie PowerPoint with voice embedded, PowerPooint without voice embedding, PDF, hand drawings, etc.)
Below are the topics you can choose from only chose one
Natural Selection& Survival of the Fittest concentrate on
definition and how they are opposite sides of the same
coin and depend on over-reproduction and viability
PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM & Stephen J. Gould
SCHISTIC SPECIATION
Mutation & New Alleles
The English Peppered Moth – significance
Genetic Drift
The Founder Effect – give examples such as Pitcairn Island,
Polynesian Islands & “The New World”
The effects of Aging – Particularly skeleton, muscles,
feet, joints, balance, etc.
Environmental Adaptation (Hot/Cold, Elevation, Sunlight)
Nutrition: Effects on the human body in the context of human
evolution and different cultures
Skeletal Adaptation to activity – particularly the changes that
occurred during the switch from hunter-gatherer to the
Domestication of crops and animals.
Prepare your Powerpoint or PDF file of your presentation Upload due by
Due, by April 25 11:59 PM ( 2 days late April 27 ) (-10% per day – NONE ACCEPTED after April 27 )
Look to the RIGHT of the page,
Click on: Re-Upload Submissions
Upload
REMEMBER: Must include
– Opening Statement, giving the topic and the first and last name of the presenter
– Closing Statement (Brief) but definitely (a) concluding remark(s) NOT, “that’s all I have” or “The End” or some abrupt utterance.
– References – at least 3 other than the text or lecture notes, or both
– You MUST cover the topic reasonably well (in terms of the content
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