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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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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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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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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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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 Origin Program - http://anthropology.si.edu/humanorigins/
Smithsonian Institution's journey through five million years of human evolution. |
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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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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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Human Prehistory - http://users.hol.gr/~dilos/prehis.htm
Exhibit that "walks through" the various stages of human evolution. |
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The Leakey Family - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/boleak.html
PBS provides biographical information on the Leakey family and their work and important discoveries in East Africa. |
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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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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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Sahelanthropus tchadensis - Toumai - http://www.sahelanthropus.com
Web Resources for Sahelanthropus tchadensis aka "Toumai" can be found here. |
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Bradshaw Foundation: Journey of Mankind - http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/
Stephen Oppenheimer provides a virtual global journey of modern man over the last 160,000 years. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Paleoanthropology in the 1990's - http://www.jqjacobs.net/anthro/paleo/
A series of fifteen essays about the most recent findings in the study of human origins and evolution. |
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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 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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Out of Africa and back as "Mongoloids" - http://klevius.info/Humandiaspora.html?1085339285543
An alternative explanation of human evolution evolution. |
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Human Family Tree - http://www.freewebs.com/humanfamilytree03k/
Hominid descriptions including a timeline |
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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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Scientific American: Food for Thought - http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0007B7DC-6738-1DC9-AF71809EC588EEDF
Article, by William R. Leonard, arguing that dietary change was a driving force in human evolution. |
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Scientific American: Stranger in a New Land - http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&articleID=0008C127-C322-1F80-B57583414B7F0103
Stunning finds in the Republic of Georgia upend long-standing ideas about the first hominids to journey out of Africa |
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Fossil Hominids - http://www.snowcrest.net/goehring/a2/primates/fossils.htm
Summary of species, proposed taxonomy and timeline for fossil hominids. |
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Human Origins - http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1997/May/hour2_050997.html
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. |