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Evolution Update - http://pageup.info/evolution/
A tool for academic research in evolutionary biology and its associated controversies. |
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Evolution Directory - http://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir.html
Provides a means for evolutionary biologists, population biologists and scientists in related areas to post and distribute information about jobs, meetings, news and general announcements. |
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Triumph of Life - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/triumphoflife/
Companion to PBS series on evolution. Features essays, video clips, and special interactive features that explore the story of life on Earth. |
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Articles on Evolution - http://www.bostonreview.net/evolution.html
From the archives of the Boston Review. |
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Mammal Evolution - http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/explore/evolution.shtml
BBC Science and Nature article describing how modern mammals evolved from reptiles that lived more than 200 million years ago. |
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The Modern View of Evolution - http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookEVOLII.html
Chapter from the Online Biology Book covering this subject in detail. |
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Evolution's Arrow - http://www4.tpg.com.au/users/jes999/index.htm
Web version of a book written by John Stewart about the direction of evolution and the future of humanity. |
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Radiation of the First Animals - http://www.accessexcellence.org/bioforum/bf02/lipps/
Illustrated lecture transcript by Dr. Jere Lipps. Discussion of the evolutionary record of the pre-Cambrian period and the Cambrian explosion, including the traces and impacts of non-skeletal life forms. |
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The Evolution Evidence Page - http://www.gate.net/~rwms/EvoEvidence.html
A collection of articles about evolution, most of which deal primarily with human evolution, from a variety of sources. They include discussion of the anatomical, fossil and genetic evidence. |
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Scientific American: 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense - http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000D4FEC-7D5B-1D07-8E49809EC588EEDF
Review and critique of popular arguments against the theory of evolution by natural selection. |
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Alec's Evolution Pages - http://www.evolutionpages.com
Essays, articles, resources and links presenting scientific evidence for evolution and refuting creationist arguments. Demonstrates fallacies of Young Earth Creationism and Intelligent Design. |
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A Post-Darwinian Probabilistic Model - http://dinosaurs.ifrance.com/
A probabilistic model of biological evolution with a new interpretation of Darwinian natural selection and 3 examples: 1) 5 mass extinctions 2) hominization 3) the PO2PAL increase. |
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Evolution for Creationists - http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/evolution.html
This article argues that evolution is an observed, natural fact. It then tries to provide answers to many of the problems Creationists may have with the theory of evolution. |
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Evolution of Evolvability - http://www4.tpg.com.au/users/jes999/gencog.htm
This paper shows how evolution tunes the content and frequency of genetic variation to enhance its evolvability, organising genetic systems into hierarchies. Genetic evolution is neither random nor blind. |
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Evolution of Horses - http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Evolution_of_Horses/horses.html?50
Information on the largest collection of fossil-horse skeletons in the world at the American Museum of Natural History. |
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Essays on Evolution - http://home13.inet.tele.dk/palm
Essays on dinosaur origin and extinction, bird origin and flight, and human origin. |
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Hans-Cees Speel's Homepage - http://web.inter.nl.net/users/hanscees/evolu.htm
The Evolution and Philosophy section discusses evolution in biology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and memetics. |
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On the Origin and Impact of Information in the Average Evolution - http://www.geocities.com/evolutionweb/eindex.htm
Paper on the relationship between information and the process of evolution. |
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Origin of Life: Prebiotic Synthesis of Amino Acids - http://www.geocities.com/acgyles/origin.html
Two articles discussing chemical evolution in light of the Zeeman effect and the lightning cloud experiments of Stanley Miller. |
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Evolution, Biology and Taxonomy - http://www.commonancestor.net
Provides articles on the history of the theory of evolution and the basics of biological evolution. Includes forums only available to members. |
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Expedition: Fossils - http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Fossils/
The American Museum of Natural History provides a guided tour through the evolution of vertebrates. |
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Evolution by Natural Selection - http://www.chainsofreason.org/wiki/Chain_1
An outline of the chain of reasoning behind the theory of natural selection. |
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Fossil Horses - http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/3773/OC_Marsh.html
Article explaining how the discovery by Othniel Charles Marsh of certain horse fossils demonstrated the evolution of the horse and provided credible evidence to back up Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. |
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Evolution: The Panda's Thumb - http://www.athro.com/evo/pthumb.html
One of the classic stories of evolution is the riddle of the giant panda's thumb. |
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The Mural of Primate Evolution - http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Mural_of_Primate_Evolution/evolution.html?50
The American Museum of Natural History provides a mural, created by artist Jay Matternes, illustrating 50 million years of primate evolution. |
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Evolution: Fact and Theory - http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/factandtheory.html
This article states that the most common misconception people have about evolution is that it is a theory. It then explains that evolution is a FACT and that it is Darwin's explanation of the process of evolution that is the theory. |
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This View of Life - http://www.thisviewoflife.org/
A beginner's guide to a science-based understanding of evolution, accessible to the non-scientist. Present the topic of evolution in a scientifically accurate manner that avoids highly technical language. |
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The Evolutionary Tales - http://hobrad.angelfire.com/et.htm
Recasting of Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" to present evolutionary theory and the pseudo-scientific nature of "creation science" and "intelligent design," by Ronald L. Ecker. Full text available online. |
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Frozen Evolution - http://frozenevolution.com
Information on a book by Professor Jaroslav Flegr describing a variation on the theory of evolution, the frozen plasticity theory. |
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The Evolutionist's Prayer - http://www.hmnh.org/galleries/ichtheology/evoprayer.html
An evolutionary poem unraveling the history and mystery of life. |
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Beliefs of U.S. Public About Evolution and Creation - http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_publi.htm
Presents and discusses the results of polls (from Gallup, About.com, and other sources) of various economic, educational, and religious groups about evolution and creation. |
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Synapsids and the Evolution of Mammals - http://www.truthinscience.org.uk/site/content/view/270/65/
Article from Truth in Science describing Professor Donald Prothero's view that the evolution of mammals from their ancestors, the synapsids, provides an excellent example of a transitional sequence. |
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Milestones of Vertebrate Evolution - http://www.dinosaur-world.com/milestones_of_evolution/milestones_of_evolution.htm
Poster providing a great deal of information in a simple but comprehensive way in accordance with the new cladistic classification system. Also contains information on the work behind the poster. |
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The Peppered Moth - http://www.truthinscience.org.uk/site/content/view/127/65/
Article about the peppered moth where natural selection had caused a change in populations, long held out to be a demonstration of evolution in progress. |
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Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? - http://www.truthinscience.org.uk/site/content/view/231/65/
Article by Dr Marc Surtees arguing that the fossil record does not appear to provide indisputable evidence for the theory that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs. |
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Zen Philosophy and Adaptation via Natural Selection - http://www.mprinstitute.org/vaclav/Zen.htm
Article by Vaclav Petr on this subject. |
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Evolution: The Experience - http://evolution09.com.au/
Conference in February 2009 to be held at Melbourne, Australia celebrating the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of the Species. Information on the program, submissions, speakers, venue and social program. |
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Professor Michael M. Hansen - http://michaelmhansen.dk
Provides a curriculum vitae, list of publications, research interests, teaching career, and collaborations with other researchers in the fields of population genetics and the evolutionary biology of fishes. |
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Scott A. Nichols, PhD - http://www.sanichols.com
Research interests include cellular and molecular bases of sponge biology and the origin and evolution of metazoan body plans. Also provides a list of publications and contact details. |