GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE CAMBRIDGE IGCSE: HUMANS AND OTHER SPECIES. Definitions, questions for the research project, global/international perspectives, local/national perspectives, family/personal perspectives, useful websites.

1. HUMANS AND
OTHER SPECIES
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
CAMBRIDGE IGCSE P11

2. HUMANS AND OTHER SPECIES
• In common usage, the word "human" generally refers to the only
extant species of the genus Homo—anatomically and behaviorally
modern Homo sapiens.
• In scientific terms, the meanings of "hominid" and "hominin" have
changed during the recent decades with advances in the discovery
and study of the fossil ancestors of modern humans. The previously
clear boundary between humans and apes has blurred, resulting in
now acknowledging the hominids as encompassing multiple species,
and Homo and close relatives since the split from chimpanzees as the
only hominins. There is also a distinction between anatomically
modern humans and Archaic Homo sapiens, the earliest fossil
members of the species.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human

3. QUESTIONS FOR YOUR
RESEARCH PROJECT

4. GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• How well do humans share the planet with other species?
• Are certain species more important than others?
• Should humans be permitted to ‘use’ other species to make human
life easier/better?

5. LOCAL/NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• What are the laws in my country relating to humans and other
species?
• Do people in my country show respect to animals and other
creatures?

6. FAMILY/PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES
• What are the attitudes of my friends and family to animals and other
creatures?
• Do my friends/family have strong beliefs about keeping pets, being
vegetarian, experiments on animals?

7. WEBSITES
www.peopleandplanet.net/ A range of topics e.g. population and food,
climate change, food and agriculture.
www.childinfo.org Part of the UNICEF sites – includes statistical details.
www.humanrights.com/#/what-are-human-rights
www.unicef.org/voy/explore/rights/explore_4406.html Site for young
people on human rights.
www.rafi.ki/gemin-iplus/ Rafiki project: Make the link, break the chain
– a project about slavery