Scenario: Your friend insists two things: “Humans evolved…

Scenario: Your friend insists two things: “Humans evolved from chimpanzees.” “Human evolution is like a straight ladder where each species neatly replaces the one before it.” You’ve just finished this chapter, so you know both statements are off the mark. Question: Which explanation best corrects BOTH misconceptions?

You’ve been hired by the Smithsonian to help reorganize thei…

You’ve been hired by the Smithsonian to help reorganize their “Half-a-Billion Years of Backbones” exhibit. Each display describes a vertebrate species without naming its group, and your job is to match each description to the correct taxonomic group.