Your Evolutionary Family Tree: Step 2 Questions

YOU'RE THE SCIENTIST!

YOUR EVOLUTIONARY FAMILY TREE

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The Scientific Method

STEP 2: QUESTIONS

EXAMPLE

My observation of the dog and the frog leads me to ask these questions:
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Am I related (evolutionarily) to my dog and to that frog?

If so, who am I more closely related to?​

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THE LAB

After observing the different primate species on the NEPC Instagram, generate some questions you might ask based on your observation in Step 1 and the Step 2 Example. Record them in your Lab Notebook.

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POTENTIAL QUESTIONS

What is your evolutionary relationship to the other living primates?

​How similar and how different are you from other primate species?

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Go to step 3…

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STEP 1 OBSERVATION
INTRODUCTION

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