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Branches of Biological Anthropology. Human Evolution & Archaeology. 1. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology Video. Log in Get Smart Cynthia Yildirim 1.

1. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology Video

It Takes Teamwork: How Endosymbiosis Changed Life on Earth. It Takes Teamwork: How Endosymbiosis Changed Life on Earthby the Understanding Evolution team In 1966, microbiologist Kwang Jeon was studying single-celled organisms called amoebae, when his amoebae communities were struck by an unexpected plague: a bacterial infection.

It Takes Teamwork: How Endosymbiosis Changed Life on Earth

Literally thousands of the tiny invaders — named x-bacteria by Jeon — squeezed inside each amoeba cell, causing the cell to become dangerously sick. The Cell: An Image Library. Written in Bone - A Highly Unusual Case. In 2002, archaeologists uncovered an isolated grave just outside the log wall of a fort built on an island in the James River almost four centuries earlier.

Written in Bone - A Highly Unusual Case

Who was buried there? Male skeleton (burial partially re-created for an exhibition) 1607, James Fort site, Jamestown Virginia. Image courtesy of: APVA Preservation Virginia/Historic Jamestowne The discovery mystified investigators.