choose one specific topic related to paleolithic (the stone age) culture and conduct research on it

You can choose one of the topics listed below or determine your own topic. (However, if you pick your own topic, please check it with me first).

• The Venus figurines
• Mammoth bone dwellings
• Neanderthal burials—did they have religion?
• The evolution of dogs with humans
• Evolution of laughing and smiling
• Kennewick man controversy
• Lescaux or Le Chauvet Cave Paintings
• 23 and Me type DNA tests and their relationship to bio anthro questions                                You must use at least two scholarly peer-reviewed articles.                                                      Search for these at the library or a database like Jstor or Proquests on an external site.  or Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/Links to an external site. 
1. 1. 1. You can also use one online non-scholarly source (in addition to 2 scholarly sources). Try to find articles from Scientific American, the Smithsonian, or other reliable source. 
      2. You can also use your textbook as an extra source
• Write a 4-5-page paper with the following headings:
  1. Introduction and context: Introduce your topic to the audience. Describe the object, practice, or topic in detail. Why do you find this topic interesting? What questions did you have going into this activity? End your introduction with your thesis statement, or the argument you will make in your paper. Underline your thesis statement.
  2. Findings and analysis:
     1. Focus on 2 or 3 interesting things about your topic that you want to focus on or write about. Write 2-3 paragraphs about them. Include specific details from your research. What does your topic teach us about human cultural or biological evolution? What is the relationship of this to other topics we have learned about in biological anthropology? How does it connect or relate to other things we have learned about in class?
  3. Conclusion: Summarize the overall main point of your topic. What is further research you would like to do on this topic if you had time? What does your topic teach us about human evolution?
  4. Include works cited page
  5. What you are NOT allowed to do is include direct quotes as if they are your own words. That counts as plagiarism. Use sources, but write everything in your own words. Don’t use too much of the sources. Your voice should be the main part of this paper
     
  6. https://explorations.americananthro.org/     Here is the class book link