researching a primate (living or extinct) or hominin (any excluding Homo sapiens) of your choice. Within the paper the details regarding the species you choose from the guidelines listed below.
Basic Requirements
• Paper Page length: 4 pages (minimum)
• Format: standard margins (1 in all around); 12 point Times New Roman Font, Double Spaced
• Sources: must have a minimum of 3sources
o MLA or Chicago formatonly
o 1 peer-reviewed source (textbook does notcount)
o No Wikipedia, dictionary, encyclopedia, etc. typesources
You may use the Smithsonian as a resource. If you should have other questions regarding resources, please feel free to reach out viae-mail.
Suggestions (varies depending on topic):
• Your presentation/paper should include thefollowing:
o Where the species wasfound
o How itlived
o What itate
o When it lived(timeline) if an ancient species
o Who first identified it as aspecies
o Why it was named andhow
o Key features that distinguish the species on the skeletalaspect
o Detailed account regarding the species physical aspects (how did it walk, what was the bodymakeup)
o In addition, include information regarding where you best believe this species would live today based upon the information that youresearched. (If extinct)
o If you choose a hominin who came before and after and what made it an important species.
o For any species make sure you are including the genus and species. For example Gorillas is Gorillagorilla.
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