The Dating Game

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION HANDOUT

Use this handout to record bachelor responses. Then compare the notes with
your group's Contestant Application Forms to figure out each bachelor’s hominid type.

Category

Bachelor #1

Bachelor #2

Bachelor #3

Bachelor #4

Hominid Type

        

Origin

        

Ht/wt

        

Build

        

Climate/habitat

        

Time Range

        

Occupation

        

Diet

 

      

Use Fire?

        

Tool making?

        

Brain Size

        

Communication Skills

        

Distinguishing characteristics

        

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        
 

QUESTIONS


  1. Identify the different bachelors

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  2. What type of hominid would you choose as a mate? Why?

     

     

     

  3. What are some of the trade-offs involved in a bigger brain, bipedalism, increased gestation/longer childhood and a more omnivorous diet?

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  4. What are some of the benefits?

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