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1. A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution

Offers an outline of William Calvin's from his book about a theory about human brain evolution and climate change.

http://www.williamcalvin.com/BrainForAllSeaso...

2. A Look at Our Ancestors

Humboldt University's summary of the hominid evolutionary line, with species involved grouped by genus.

http://www.humboldt.edu/~mrc1/

3. Aida Gomez Robles

Personal webpage of this researcher in Paleoanthropology at the National Research Centre on Human Evolution (CENIEH). Includes research lines, publications, fieldwork and curriculum vitae.

http://aida.gomezrobles.googlepages.com/

4. An Essay on Human Evolution

A speculative essay on primate evolution in East Africa in the period between approximately five million years BCE and two and one-half million years BCE, during which significant pre-human evolution took place and ending when recognizably-human, tool-using creatures first emerged.

http://home.comcast.net/~cmdaven/human.htm

5. Archaeology Info

Human evolution and archaeology online resource for amateurs and experts alike.

http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/

6. Atlas of the Human Journey

National Geographic project to map the appearance and frequency of genetic markers in modern people so as to track the movements of ancient peoples. Requires Flash.

https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genograph...

7. Australian and Asian Palaeoanthropology

Information and teaching resources on human evolution and the hominid fossil record from Australia, East Asia and South-East Asia.

http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~pbrown3/palae...

8. BBC News: 'Oldest' Ape-man Fossils Revealed

Scientists unveiled the remains of a hominid said to be six million years old.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1157536.s...

9. BBC News: Asteroids May Have Affected Human Evolution

The ascent of mankind could have been influenced by frequent cosmic catastrophes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1272368.s...

10. Becoming Human

Arizona State University's Institute for Human Origins reviews four million years of human evolution in an interactive documentary. Includes an extensive glossary, a bibliography, and an annotated set of links. [Requires Flash and a high-speed connection.]

http://www.becominghuman.org/

11. Bradshaw Foundation: Journey of Mankind

Stephen Oppenheimer provides a virtual global journey of modern man over the last 160,000 years.

http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/

12. Braindance

Dean Falk at Florida State University outlines research being done on early hominids and the evolution of the human brain.

http://www.anthro.fsu.edu/research/falk/brain...

13. Carboniferous Human Bones

A discussion and thorough critique of claims that human bones have been found in context with Carboniferous age geological formations.

http://www.geo.ucalgary.ca/~macrae/t_origins/...

14. Did Language Reduce Sequence Variation? The Evolution of Humans

Two articles regarding theories of rapid evolution through biased gene conversion and loss of allelic variation, leading to the winnowing of the bushy hominid tree.

http://www.geocities.com/acgyles/minid.html

15. Evolution's Arrow

Full text of a book presenting the author's views about directionality in evolution and its implications for human society.

http://www4.tpg.com.au/users/jes999/index.htm

16. Evolution: Origins of Humankind

Interactive site introducing the human-like species that came before us, our closest ancestors, with a hominid family tree.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/humans/huma...

17. Fossil Hominids

Summary of species, proposed taxonomy and timeline for fossil hominids.

http://www.snowcrest.net/goehring/a2/primates...

18. Hall of Human Origins

Provides information on this permanent exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History covering the evolution of humans over the last six million years.

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/hum...

19. Handprint : Ancestral Lines

Provides an'interactive' graph that maps the journey of our hominid ancestors from 5 million years ago to present day with descriptions of the various species.

http://www.handprint.com/LS/ANC/evol.html

20. Handy Clues to Ascent of Man

BBC News report on study suggesting that the precision grip of early modern humans may have allowed them to triumph over Neanderthals.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1154491.s...

21. Hominid Evolution

Descriptions of fossil and recent hominid species.

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1381/

22. Hominid Evolution

The Hunterian Museum in Glasgow provides an online exhibition starting with the dryopithecine apes of the Miocine era and working through to modern humans.

http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/collections/mu...

23. Hominid Evolution

An unorthodox human evolution theory based on a synthesis of biological and cultural theory and new discoveries in neuropsychology.

http://www.serpentfd.org/section2hominidevolu...

24. Hominid Species

Provides information on the discovery of hominid fossils in different parts of the world and the time range in which each species lived.

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species....

25. Human Evolution

A study of the evolution of hominids.

http://www.onelife.com/evolve/manev.html

26. Human Evolution

Comprehensive information from Wikipedia on the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species from other hominans, great apes and placental mammals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution

27. Human Evolution Pictures and Timelines

A collection of pictures and timelines depicting the evolution of human beings.

http://www.wilderdom.com/evolution/HumanEvolu...

28. Human Evolution from Ape to Technological Man

Traces origins from ape ancestors such as Australopithecus to modern man. Talks about Neanderthals and their relationship to the gorilla and chimpanzee.

http://www.ecotao.com/holism/huevo/index.html

29. Human Evolution: The Fossil Evidence in 3D

3D gallery of the skulls of five modern primate relatives and five fossil ancestors of humans contains, each of which may be rotated through 360 degrees. With accompanying descriptions.

http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/

30. Human Family Tree

Hominid descriptions including a timeline

http://www.freewebs.com/humanfamilytree03k/

31. Human Origin

A proposal of an evolutionary explanation of the human bipedallity, sexual behaviour, language, and consciousness.

http://home13.inet.tele.dk/palm/homweb.htm

32. Human Origin Program

Smithsonian Institution's journey through five million years of human evolution.

http://anthropology.si.edu/humanorigins/

33. Human Origins

Radio program discusses fossil discoveries that may provide the earliest documented evidence of toolmaking, and push the origin of homo sapiens back more than 400,000 years. A discussion featuring Donald Johanson and Blake Edgar.

http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1997/May/h...

34. Human Origins

The Natural History Museum provides a number of short videos on this topic.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/human...

35. Human Origins Summary

Information and links to other sites.

http://www.cix.co.uk/~awhitec/HumanOrigins/In...

36. Human Origins and Development of Culture

Covers the development of humans from our ancestors. In module format.

http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/origi...

37. Human Origins and Evolution in Africa

Links for primates, human evolution and paleoecology, course notes on Human Origins, and Jeanne Sept's personal web pages at Indiana University.

http://www.indiana.edu/~origins/

38. Human Origins and Prehistory

Class page to go along with Indiana University's anthropology class, A105. Lectures cover the human place among the pages, evolution theories, genetics and current research. Related resource links are included.

http://www.indiana.edu/~origins/teach/A105.ht...

39. Human Prehistory

Exhibit that "walks through" the various stages of human evolution.

http://users.hol.gr/~dilos/prehis.htm

40. Instant Evolution: The Influence of the City on Human Genes

Argues that humans have, in fact, been evolving, since Neanderthal times. Points to new studies being done with gene mutations.

http://howardbloom.net/instant_evolution.htm

41. Institute of Human Origins

A non-profit, multidisciplinary research organization, affiliated with Arizona State University, dedicated to the recovery and analysis of the fossil evidence for human evolution.

http://www.asu.edu/clas/iho/

42. Language Evolution and Computation Bibliography and Resources

Bibliographic resource for those researching the computational aspects of language evolution.

http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/

43. Leakey Foundation

Non profit organization site with several articles, glossary, and links section.

http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/

44. Leakey.com: The Leakey Family

Leakey.com celebrates 100 years of the Leakey Family in East Africa.

http://www.leakey.com

45. Life and Times of Early Man

Overview of major groups of hominids.

http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/EarlyMan.htm...

46. Maropeng

The official visitor centres for the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, Gauteng, South Africa. Provides information on the Sterkfontein Caves, the exhibition, and the other facilities for conferences, education and accommodation.

http://www.maropeng.co.za

47. Modern Human Origins

A reference site for information on human evolution, with images of hominid specimens arranged by species and site, papers written by C David Kreger, and a bibliography.

http://www.modernhumanorigins.com/

48. Nariokotome Reconstruction

Sculptural and forensic techniques used to approximate what the Nariokotome boy (KNM-WT-15000)looked like in life.

http://brianaala.tripod.com/Narboy.html

49. New African Ape Fossil Discovered

BBC Science and Nature article by Helen Briggs on the discovery of fossils of an ape that lived 10 million years ago which could hold clues to the dawn of human evolution.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7092424.s...

50. New Scientist: Chromosomes Reveal Surprise Human-chimp Differences

Comparisons of newly-sequenced chimpanzee chromosome 22 and its counterpart, human chromosome 21, show that while the DNA differences are small, they are spread out to affect 83 percent of the proteins coded for.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn5...

51. New Scientist: Dawn of Human Race Uncovered

The discovery of three Ethiopian skulls from 160,000 years ago, showing almost completely modern features, lends new support to the Out-of-Africa hypothesis. Includes information about handling of skulls after death and dating techniques used.

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3...

52. Origins and Evolution of Human Diet

Central repository of information and links pertaining to the study of the origins and evolution of human diet.

http://www.cast.uark.edu/local/icaes/index.ht...

53. Out of Africa and back as "Mongoloids"

An alternative explanation of human evolution evolution.

http://klevius.info/Humandiaspora.html?108533...

54. Paleoanthropology in the 1990's

A series of fifteen essays about the most recent findings in the study of human origins and evolution.

http://www.jqjacobs.net/anthro/paleo/

55. Paleoprimatology & Human Evolution Yahoo! Group

A forum for the scientific discussion of paleoanthropology, paleoprimatology, physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, Stone Age archeology, human origins, primate biology, and primate evolution.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paleoanthropolo...

56. Prehistoric Cultures

Lecture notes for a course covering human and pre-human history.

http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1...

57. Prominent Hominid Fossils

The list is sorted by species, going from older to more recent species. Within each species, finds are sorted by the order of their discovery. Each species has a type specimen which was used to define it.

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/specimen...

58. Reflections on the Origins of Scavenging and Hunting in Early Hominids

An essay by James Q. Jacobs discussing when our earliest human ancestors first began to scavenge for meat and hunt. Includes references.

http://www.jqjacobs.net/anthro/paleo/scavengi...

59. Sahelanthropus tchadensis

Picture and discussion of the fossil cranium TM 266-01-060-1 (Toumaï) found in Chad in 2001. It is estimated to be between six and seven million years old. Until other early hominid fossils are found to provide context it cannot be known how this species relates to the human, chimp, or even gorilla lines.

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/toumai.h...

60. Sahelanthropus tchadensis - Toumai

Web Resources for Sahelanthropus tchadensis aka "Toumai" can be found here.

http://www.sahelanthropus.com

61. Scientific American: Food for Thought

Article, by William R. Leonard, arguing that dietary change was a driving force in human evolution.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00...

62. Scientific American: Stranger in a New Land

Stunning finds in the Republic of Georgia upend long-standing ideas about the first hominids to journey out of Africa

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006...

63. Spirituality and Evolution

This article discusses the evolutionary significance of spiritual development.

http://www4.tpg.com.au/users/jes999/HumNat.ht...

64. The Evolution of Man

Exhibit on the evolution of man at the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum.

http://hoopermuseum.earthsci.carleton.ca//man...

65. The Evolution of Man

Essays recounting our three million year journey from the treetops of Africa to civilization.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/huma...

66. The Hominid Journey

Demonstrates how our ancestors have changed over the last 4 million years. Provides information on the location and age of hominid discoveries and how the cranium and other features developed over time.

http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/origi...

67. The Leakey Family

PBS provides biographical information on the Leakey family and their work and important discoveries in East Africa.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/...

68. The Multi-habitat Hypothesis

A theory of human evolution which seeks to understand how humans evolved from animals that were similar to the great apes.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/431...

69. The Record of Human Evolution

Article by Eric Delson of the National Center for Science Education outlining the process by which humans have evolved from pre-human primates in the last 15 million years.

http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/492...

70. The Upright Ape: A New Origin of the Species

Information on a book by Aaron G. Filler MD, PhD that presents a new theory on the early origins of the hominiform primates.

http://www.uprightape.net

71. Theory of Human Evolution

The Emuseum's general overview of human evolution summarizing people in the study of human evolution, terms, hominid fossil images and links.

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/biology/humanevol...

72. Think Quest: Human Origins

Aimed at both students and educators alike, providing factual information and follow up questions about human origins.

http://library.thinkquest.org/26070/data/eng/

73. Time-Space Chart: Hominid Fossils

Provides details of the different hominid finds from around the world by place and species.

https://www.msu.edu/~heslipst/contents/ANP440...

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