A Look at 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. |
Ape Men and Analogs - 40 Years of Hominid Models
Essay on the need for and use of models in paleoanthropology. |
Archaeology Info
Comprehensive human evolution and archaeology online resource for amateurs and experts alike. |
Australian and Asian Palaeoanthropology
Information and teaching resources on human evolution and the hominid fossil record from Australia, East Asia and South-East Asia. |
BBC News: Asteroids May Have Affected Human Evolution
The ascent of mankind could have been influenced by frequent cosmic catastrophes. |
BBC Online - Apeman
Essays, audio files, and videos related to the BBC series about human evolution. |
Carboniferous Human Bones
An interesting study in which claims have been made that human bones have been found in context with Carboniferous age geological formations. |
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. |
Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution in China
Resources meant to introduce both earlier and more recent fossil hominid discoveries from China. |
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. |
Hominid Evolution
Descriptions of fossil and recent hominid species. |
Hominid Evolution
Guided tour of the apes and our ancestors from the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. |
Hominid Sites Around The World
Interactive map of archaeological sites in Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia, with brief articles about major species and finds. |
Hominid Skull Photos
Photographs of hominid fossil casts provided by the Anthropology department at California State University. |
Hominidae Skull Recreations
Skull reconstructions for sale. |
How We Got To Be Human
Book about the development of consciousness in human evolution. Site contains interviews, reviews, and several chapters. |
Human Evolution
A study of the evolution of hominids. |
Human Evolution
Overview of major features of human evolution including a timeline and descriptions of species. |
Human Evolution
An interactive online textbook. [requires Shockwave plugin] |
Human Evolution Discussion Group
Dealing with topics ranging from human origins to language to social behavior. |
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. |
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. |
Human Origin
A proposal of an evolutionary explanation of the human bipedallity, sexual behaviour, language, and consciousness. |
Human Origins
This site is a great forum for both students and educators alike providing abundant factual information as well as follow up questions which prove to be great learning tools. |
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. |
Human Origins and Development of Culture
Covers the development of humans from our ancestors. In module format. |
Human Prehistory
Exhibit that "walks through" the various stages of human evolution. |
IIAS - Institute For Ice Age Studies
Not-for-profit foundation to support and further research and education concerning human evolution and prehistory during the late Pleistocene. Site has information about prehistoric archeological and anthropological studies. |
INQUA Commission on Human Evolution and Paleoecology
An international, interdisciplinary network of anthropological archaeologists, paleontologists and other quaternary specialists working on issues of hominid evolution. Includes information about working groups and publications of the commission. |
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. |
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. |
Leakey Foundation
Research related to human origins. |
Life and Times of Early Man
Overview of major groups of hominids. |
Origins and Evolution of Human Diet
Central repository of information and links pertaining to the study of the origins and evolution of human diet. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
River Apes
Promotes a variation on the aquatic ape theory that suggests humans evolved from two hominids that were adapted to a water-side habitat. |
Sahelanthropus tchadensis - Toumai
Web Resources for Sahelanthropus tchadensis aka "Toumai" can be found here. |
Spirituality and Evoltution -
This article discusses the evolutionary significance of spiritual development. |
The Evolution of Man
Exhibit at the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum. |
The Inevitable Eve
Article by Jeffrey A. Harvey arguing that the Eve Hypothesis is statistically true. |
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. |
