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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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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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Atlas of the Human Journey - https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/atlas.html
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. |
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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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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 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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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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Prominent Hominid Fossils - http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/specimen.html
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. |
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Theory of Human Evolution - http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/biology/humanevolution/
The Emuseum's general overview of human evolution summarizing people in the study of human evolution, terms, hominid fossil images and links. |
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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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Handprint : Ancestral Lines - http://www.handprint.com/LS/ANC/evol.html
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. |
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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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Sahelanthropus tchadensis - Toumai - http://www.sahelanthropus.com
Web Resources for Sahelanthropus tchadensis aka "Toumai" can be found here. |
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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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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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Hall of Human Origins - http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/humanorigins/?src=e_h
Provides information on this permanent exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History covering the evolution of humans over the last six million years. |
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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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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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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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The Multi-habitat Hypothesis - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/4314/intromhh.html
A theory of human evolution which seeks to understand how humans evolved from animals that were similar to the great apes. |
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BBC News: 'Oldest' Ape-man Fossils Revealed - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1157536.stm
Scientists unveiled the remains of a hominid said to be six million years old. |
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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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Future Human Evolution - http://www.humansfuture.org
Ideas and articles about the future of mankind, artificial intelligence, robotics, nano technology, space colonization, time travel, genetic engineering and life extension. |
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New African Ape Fossil Discovered - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7092424.stm
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. |
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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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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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The Hominid Journey - http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/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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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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Out of Africa and back as "Mongoloids" - http://klevius.info/Humandiaspora.html?1085339285543
An alternative explanation of human evolution evolution. |
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The Dark Matter of Modern Human Origins - http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/early_modern/africa/modern-human-origins-evolanth-drift-2008.html
John Hawkes weblog covering the interesting issues in paleoanthropology that are not well covered by the mainstream science press. |
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New Scientist: Chromosomes Reveal Surprise Human-chimp Differences - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn5044
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. |
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New Scientist: Dawn of Human Race Uncovered - http://www.newscientist.com/article/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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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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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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Spirituality and Evolution - http://www4.tpg.com.au/users/jes999/HumNat.htm
This article discusses the evolutionary significance of spiritual development. |
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Human Origins Summary - http://www.cix.co.uk/~awhitec/HumanOrigins/Introduction.htm
Information and links to other sites. |
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Human Family Tree - http://www.freewebs.com/humanfamilytree03k/
Hominid descriptions including a timeline |