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Activity: Unknown Bones

Authors: Damián A. Concepción Pérez, Raisa Hernández Pacheco

Unknown Bones is an inquiry-based educational activity for high school students in which they apply data analysis and statistics to understand sexual selection and illustrate sexual dimorphism in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques.

Unknown Bones - Teachers Guide (pdf)

Appendix 1 - Recommended samples (pdf)

Appendix 2 - Skeletal data (pdf)

Appendix 3 - Morphological Data Sheet (pdf)

Appendix 4 - Sexing (excel)

Appendix 5 - Ageing (excel)

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CPRC is supported by the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through Grant Number 2 P40 OD012217. The Specific Pathogen Free program of the CPRC is funded through Grant Number 5 U42 OD021458-20 of the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health.

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Activity: Unknown Bones