Using Great Ape Phylogeny to Teach Evolutionary Thinking

Susan Offner

doi:10.1525/abt.2016.78.3.263

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Susan Offner¹

¹Susan Offner is a biology teacher at Lexington High School, 251 Waltham St., Lexington, MA 02421; e-mail: . soffner@ix.netcom.com

Abstract

A simple phylogenetic tree of the great apes provides many important teaching opportunities, both in the general skill of reading phylogenetic trees and in using them to explore evolutionary relationships.

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Susan Offner "Using Great Ape Phylogeny to Teach Evolutionary Thinking," The American Biology Teacher 78(3), 263-265, (1 March 2016). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2016.78.3.263

Published: 1 March 2016