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4. Based on your observations, summarize your conclusions about the movements of your hand and the

usefulness of your thumbs.

Graph your Data:

Make a double bar graph showing times using your thumbs next to the times

without using your thumbs. You do not need to graph your partners data.

(Be sure to label the x and y axis and give the graph a title!)

Conclusions

1. An adaptation is a beneficial trait in a certain environment. Explain how the human hand is adapted to

perform activities that have made us a successful species. Use data from the activity to support your

answer.

2. If you did not have an opposable thumb how would our society and daily lives differ?

3. An adaptation helps an individual survive and reproduce, brainstorm at least five more examples of

adaptations and explain how they help the species survive and/or reproduce.

4. Compare our hands to paws which don’t have an opposable thumb. How do paws and primate hands

provide an advantage in survival and reproduction?

5. Many of our adaptations have been passed down by our ancestors. List one adaptation three

adaptations we share with other mammals.

6. Inheritable traits come from our genes. What process can alter a gene to produce new traits.

7. Over time, hypothesize how the population size of a less adapted species would change compared to

the change in population size of a well adapted individuals.

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