Social Interaction and Complexity
A page for teachers and senior students summarising the key concepts associated with social interaction and complexity.
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The Evolving Brain: Social Interaction and Complexity
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The Evolving Brain: Social Interaction and Complexity
The learning resources presented in these web pages explore the factors that have led to the evolutionary success of the human race over time.
About the Learning Resources
The evolutionary success of humans and their direct ancestors can be linked to selection that led to the development of intelligence. Multiple inter‐related factors have led to the development of intelligence in humans and the success that has accompanied this for the species. Key to understanding evolution is the concept that collectively adaptive advantage must outweigh adaptive cost for the evolutionary success of a species. These resources explore factors that have led to the evolutionary success of the human species.
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Brain Expansion: Advantages and Challenges
This page explains factors that have led to the development of intelligence in humans and to the evolutionary success of the human species.
Discussion Questions
Resource questions designed to further discussion on the topic of social interaction and complexity.
Challenge Questions
Further questions on the subject of social interaction and complexity designed to stimulate more in-depth conversation and learning.
Seminar Recording
An in-stream version of the seminar series the resources on these web pages originate from.
Links to Curriculum and Assessment of Learning
Information for teachers on how these resources link to current curriculum objectives.
Further Resources
Additional resources for teachers to further understand the resources presented in these web pages.
