Project description:
Topic: Australopithecus sediba(Article comparison assignment)
Please read the scientific article and supplementary materials AND the two popular press article discussing the finds. You MUST answer the following questions in your discussion:
1. What made the scientific paper more difficult to read than the popular article? How were you able to work through it despite those difficulties?
2. What kind of information was in the science article? What kind of information was in the supplemental material?
3. Compare or contrast the take home message of the scientific paper to the popular press articles.
4. How did the papers and articles explain the methodologies of the study? How does this inform your understanding of the results?
5. What kind of information was left out the paper press article? The scientific paper?
6. Read a couple of the comments in the popular press article. What is your reaction to them? Do you think that comments are a useful part of the discussion?
7. Tell me about your reactions to this comparison: Comment on the nature of science, the press, and public understanding of science.
NY Time article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/science/09fossil.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&
National Geographic Article:
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130411-homo-ancestor-hominin-skeleton-lucy-australopithecus-sediba-science/
See Attachment:
A new Species of Homo-Like Australopith from South Africa.