Information on your Paper Introduction This section contains important information on your paper, including the papers length, the topics you should write about, requirements on writing mechanics for your paper, and the due date. Paper Length Your writing assignment will be an 8 to 10 page paper. Paper Topic Option 1: Focus on a primate that we have talked about in class and compare and contrast that primate with humans. These comparisons might look at for example social behavior, tool use, territoriality, hunting, meat-eating, male-female relations, presence or absence of an estrus cycle, etc. Most of your information for your paper will come from our “primate film festival”; however this can be augmented by resources that I will provide you on Blackboard in the course documents section. The Primates we will cover in depth are: Lemurs, Baboons, Orangutans, Gorillas, Chimps, and Bonobos. Option 2: You are a young hotshot physical Anthropologist with the discovery of the century. We probably know less about Homo erectus then we did 20 years ago. But your new site and find answer all the questions. Tell me what Homo erectus was really like and what data proves your case. How were they like humans and how were they different. Option 3: Poor old Neanderthal has been seen at one time or other as either a very close ancestor or as a side branch that died off. They are seen as intermediary between Homo erectus and us, or as being quite a different kind of a creature. For example, think about the two different interpretations of Neanderthal I gave you and how different that they were: one a Time-Life story of Neanderthal and the other Binford's interpretation. How have our interpretations of Neanderthal changed through time? What are the differences and similarities between Neanderthal and Homo sapiens, and what does it say about the relationship between them? Option 4: What do you think the gender roles of our early ancestors were? What roles did Females play and what roles did males play? Were they different? How did they change from Australopithecus, to Homo habilis, to Homo erectus, to Neanderthal, and to Homo sapiens? What evidence do you have to support this view, and why is the debate over the gender roles of our early ancestors so hotly debated? Option 5: Liberal Studies is one of the largest majors in the University and there are a growing numbers of students who are looking to make teaching their carrier. The material in this course lends itself to use in the classroom (K - 12th grade). Kids love this kind of material, but sadly are exposed too little of it in their schools. Now is your opportunity to create a lesson plan that involves Physical Anthropology. You should follow a standard lesson plan format. The subheadings you should cover are: objectives, vocabulary, background, setting the stage, procedure, closure, evaluation, and references if any. I have an example that I can provide you if you need one. Option 6: You are .