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Leakey Foundation - http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/
Non profit organization site with several articles, glossary, and links section. |
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Becoming Human - http://www.becominghuman.org/
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.] |
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Institute of Human Origins - http://www.asu.edu/clas/iho/
A non-profit, multidisciplinary research organization, affiliated with Arizona State University, dedicated to the recovery and analysis of the fossil evidence for human evolution. |
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Human Evolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution
Comprehensive information from Wikipedia on the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species from other hominans, great apes and placental mammals. |
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Human Origin Program - http://anthropology.si.edu/humanorigins/
Smithsonian Institution's journey through five million years of human evolution. |
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Human Origins and Evolution in Africa - http://www.indiana.edu/~origins/
Links for primates, human evolution and paleoecology, course notes on Human Origins, and Jeanne Sept's personal web pages at Indiana University. |
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Hominid Species - http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html
Provides information on the discovery of hominid fossils in different parts of the world and the time range in which each species lived. |
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Human Evolution: The Fossil Evidence in 3D - http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/
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. |
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Australian and Asian Palaeoanthropology - http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~pbrown3/palaeo.html
Information and teaching resources on human evolution and the hominid fossil record from Australia, East Asia and South-East Asia. |
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Human Origins - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/human-origins/
The Natural History Museum provides a number of short videos on this topic. |
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Archaeology Info - http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/
Human evolution and archaeology online resource for amateurs and experts alike. |
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis - http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/toumai.html
Picture and discussion of the fossil cranium TM 266-01-060-1 (Toumaļ) 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. |
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Maropeng - http://www.maropeng.co.za
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. |
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Evolution: Origins of Humankind - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/humans/humankind/
Interactive site introducing the human-like species that came before us, our closest ancestors, with a hominid family tree. |
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Human Origins and Prehistory - http://www.indiana.edu/~origins/teach/A105.html
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. |
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A Look at Our Ancestors - http://www.humboldt.edu/~mrc1/
Humboldt University's summary of the hominid evolutionary line, with species involved grouped by genus. |
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BBC News: Asteroids May Have Affected Human Evolution - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1272368.stm
The ascent of mankind could have been influenced by frequent cosmic catastrophes. |
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The Record of Human Evolution - http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/4922_the_record_of_human_evolution_12_7_2000.asp
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. |
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Human Origin - http://home13.inet.tele.dk/palm/homweb.htm
A proposal of an evolutionary explanation of the human bipedallity, sexual behaviour, language, and consciousness. |
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Hominid Evolution - http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/collections/museum/hominid/hominid_index.shtml
The Hunterian Museum in Glasgow provides an online exhibition starting with the dryopithecine apes of the Miocine era and working through to modern humans. |
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New Scientist: Dawn of Human Race Uncovered - http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3814
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. |
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Instant Evolution: The Influence of the City on Human Genes - http://howardbloom.net/instant_evolution.htm
Argues that humans have, in fact, been evolving, since Neanderthal times. Points to new studies being done with gene mutations. |
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Paleoprimatology & Human Evolution Yahoo! Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paleoanthropology/
A forum for the scientific discussion of paleoanthropology, paleoprimatology, physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, Stone Age archeology, human origins, primate biology, and primate evolution. |
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The Upright Ape: A New Origin of the Species - http://www.uprightape.net
Information on a book by Aaron G. Filler MD, PhD that presents a new theory on the early origins of the hominiform primates. |
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Nariokotome Reconstruction - http://brianaala.tripod.com/Narboy.html
Sculptural and forensic techniques used to approximate what the Nariokotome boy (KNM-WT-15000)looked like in life. |
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Aida Gomez Robles - http://aida.gomezrobles.googlepages.com/
Personal webpage of this researcher in Paleoanthropology at the National Research Centre on Human Evolution (CENIEH). Includes research lines, publications, fieldwork and curriculum vitae. |
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The Hominid Journey - http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~reffland/anthropology/anthro2003/origins/hominid_journey/central.html
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. |
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An Essay on Human Evolution - http://home.comcast.net/~cmdaven/human.htm
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. |
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The Evolution of Man - http://hoopermuseum.earthsci.carleton.ca//man/begin.html
Exhibit on the evolution of man at the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum. |
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Human Origins and Development of Culture - http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/anthro2003/origins/
Covers the development of humans from our ancestors. In module format. |