A Feminist Addendum on Evolution of Evolution - An essay by Heidi Hileman.
A Look at Modern Human Origins - A reference site for students of paleoanthropology, and those interested in aspects of human evolution.
A Short Journey through Time - Extensive site including a discussion of the hominid timeline, and discussion of each of the hominid species.
A Theory on the Origin of Life - Posted by David Bell, a retired engineer, suggesting the mechanism of a single dynamic event by which DNA might have been instigated by alpha radiation.
Abiogenesis - Discussion of the idea of abiogenesis, or spontaneous generation of animals (such as flies from dead meat).
Altruist - Free PC software package for simulating evolution in structured populations. Includes models for group selection, group territoriality, Wright's shifting balance model of punctuated equilibria and speciation.
Aquatic Ape Theory - Self-professedly biased explanation of the Aquatic Ape theory and competing theories for the evolution of humans.
Australian and Asian Palaeoanthropology - This page contains information on human evolution and the hominid fossil record from Australia, East Asia and South-East Asia. Research and teaching resources are also available.
Behavior OnLine: Evolutionary Psychology - Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology for Behavior OnLine Forum participants.
Bioinformatics: Phylogenetic Analysis - Phylogenetic analysis discussed as the reconstruction of evolutionary genealogies of species based on morphological similarities, generating a a `cladogram' or `phylogenetic tree', a hierarchical branching diagram of species relationships. Contains a good discussion, links to software, and references.
Boston Review: A Delicate Balance - Is Darwin in the Details? An article by Russell F. Doolittle.
Brief History of the Conflict between Creationists and Evolutionists
Carboniferous Human Bones - An evaluation.
CERD: Creation/Evolution Reference Database - Searchable bibliography of primarily PRINT sources related to the Creation/Evolution debate. Sources are drawn from the literature on both sides of the debate and compiled and annotated by Thomas Moore.
CMSMBR Molecular Evolution - Phylogeny - Small list of links to tools and resources for phylogenetic analyses of evolution.
Creationism Resources and Information (People For the American Way) - Poll shows that most Americans see evolution as scientific theory and creation as a matter of belief, and believe that the two are not mutually exclusive. Site has other reports and analyses on attitudes toward creation and evolution, as well as their teaching in public schools.
Darwin Day at the University of Tennessee - Annual educational event to encourage teaching evolution as a unifying concept in biology and to disseminate accurate information concerning evolution. Website has information and links on evolutionary biology, plus essays on evolution as a societal issue.
Darwin-Wallace 1858 Paper on Evolution - Highlights of the Darwin-Wallace paper, including the events leading up to publication.
Development of the Genus Homo - Information on the various species of Homo.
DLC's Molecular Evolution Homepage - The purpose of this page is to provide a resource for people interested in current research being done in molecular evolution, gene expression, and other related fields.
Down House - A tour of Charles Darwin's House, located in Down, England.
e-den... FREE artificial life in cyberspace - e-den is a freeware program that allows you to host 2-dimensional worlds in which digital organisms roam, feed, fight and reproduce. The organisms can have digital genomes of any length that specify the organisms' body plans, brain structures, metabolism and so on. The organisms can even travel by automated e-mail to similar worlds and take part in a complex digital ecosystem with a multilevel food chain.
Early Human Evolution - An online course at Palomar College.
EDGE 3rd Culture: Richard Dawkins, Ph.D. - Seminal evolutionary biologist & author; Charles Simonyi Professor for the Understanding of Science at Oxford Univ.
Enter Evolution: Theory and History - Evolutionary topics and scientists in their historical context - from Museum of Paleontology, UC-Berkeley.
Essays on Evolution - Essays on Dinosaur origin and extinction, Bird origin and flight, and Human origin.
Evolution Activities from Access Excellence - Teaching materials related to various aspects of evolutionary biology.
Evolution and Emergence - The concept of emergence keeps reappearing in various sciences, and cannot easily be dispensed with in an evolutionary world-view. We argue that what is needed is an ontological non-reductionist theory of levels of reality which includes a concept of emergence, and which can support an evolutionary account of the origin of levels.
Evolution and Psychology - Model of an Internal Evolutionary Mechanism linking Directed Mutation to the Baldwin Effect. How Psychology colours perception of natural realities.
Evolution at Old Dominion University - The home page for Biology 203 (Evolution) at Old Dominion University, this site offers both course-specific materials and links to a variety of web resources on evolutionary biology.
Evolution Exhibits Online - Links to evolution exhibits provided by the Human Evolution Education Network.
Evolution Happens - A concise presentation of the evidence supporting the theory of the biological evolution. A gallery and link page are included.
Evolution on the Web for Biology Students - Annotated directory of links for students of evolution. Includes coverage of evolutionary theory, the history of evolutionary thought, Charles Darwin, human evolution, and the fossil record.
Evolution Page - Page with links and background to evolution debate, plus outline of a new model for large scale changes.
Evolution Resources (AAAS) - Resources on the scientific content of evolutionary theory and its place in education, and historical, philosophical, legal and religious perspectives and commmentary on evolution.
Evolution, Complexity and Philosophy - Evolution in biology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, and memetics.
Evolution/Creation Science Controversy Continues in Wichita, Kansas - A brief overview of the Kansas State Board of Education's 1999 decision to eliminate the requirement that evolution be required in the public school curriculum.
Evolution: Selected Papers and Commentary - Full-text versions of key papers in evolutionary biology from the nineteenth century onwards, with particular emphasis on the work of William Bateson and Darwin's close research associate, George Romanes.
Evolutionary Biology Links - Partially annotated list of evolutionary biology websites, including historical documents, links to individual researchers' sites, specific topics (speciation, replicators) and links to related fields.
Evolutionary Psychology - Evolutionary Theory, Paleoanthropology, and Adaptationism resources, with a primer by Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, Center for Evolutionary Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara. Includes chapter abstracts from The Adapted Mind (1992), Mapping the Mind (1994), and Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology (1998).
Evolutionary Psychology: innateness vs. learning - Discussion of Evolutionary Psychology ideas.
Evolutionary Systems and Artificial Life - This course presents an overview of the field of Evolutionary Systems and its applied branch of Artificial Life. The historical and philosophical foundations of evolutionary thought are explored with particular emphasis on computational simulations of its models. Topics include: Self-Organizing Systems, Natural Selection, Dynamic Systems, Boolean Networks, Cellular Automata, Genetic Algorithms, Evolutionary Robotics, etc.
EvolveIT! - Virtual lab designed to help you understand the various processes of evolution. The user manipulates various parameters of the species and can then observe the effect of these parameters on the evolution of bird beak morphology in the hypothetical bird populations.
Farside Research Institute - The evolution group of the Institute of Molecular BioSciences at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution in China - Resources meant to introduce both earlier and more recent fossil hominid discoveries from China.
Handprint : Ancestral Lines - Summarizes the hominid fossil record and hypothesized lines of human evolution from 5 million years ago to the present.
History of the Idea of Evolution - This site is an in-depth look at the key players and ideas behind the idea of evolution. The site is similar to an online textbook.
Hominid 2000 - Links to recent articles about hominids.
Hominid Evolution - Descriptions of fossil and recent hominid species.
Hominidae Skull Recreations - Skull reconstructions for sale.
Human Evolution - An interactive online textbook.
Human Evolution Education Network - (sponsored by the National Center for Science Education (NCSE)) for K-12 science teachers and scientists whose expertise is human evolution: publications of our own project, links, other resources for evolution and biology education.
Human Evolution Software-UCSB - Uses 3 D, photo-realistic images of fossils to teach students about ten important milestones in human evolution, from the appearance of the primates to the demise of the neanderthals.
Human Evolution: 3D Fossils - The UCSB online 3D gallery of modern primate relatives and fossil ancestors of humans contains ten 3D skulls. Each skull can be rotated 360 degrees, and is accompanied by a short description of its relevance to human evolution.
Human Origin - A proposal of an evolutionary explanation of the human bipedallity, sexual behaviour, language, and consciousness.
Human Origins - This site deals with the evolution of humankind. It describes important discoveries related to human origins as well as various theories and theorists.
Human Prehistory - Exhibit that "walks through" the various stages of human evolution.
Human-Nature.com - "Writings and discussions on history, philosophy and social studies in the human sciences: Darwinian scholarship; evolutionary psychology, sociobiology and debates about them; cognitive psychology; neuropsychology, modularity; narrative approaches; hermeneutics; verstehen; biography and autobiography; behavioural genetics; psychoanalytic and psychodynamic approaches; and so on." Edited by Robert M. Young and Ian Pitchford.
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.
Interglacial Human Evolution - A theory that glacial cycles probably played a part in human evolution.
International Society of Molecular Evolution - A non-profit organization founded in 1993, and incorporated in 1997, to facilitate the communication and publishing of information in the field of Molecular Evolution. Membership benefits include a personal subscription to the Journal of Molecular Evolution (JME), the official Journal of the Society, and discounts for the international meetings organized by the Society.
Introduction to Cladistics - Cladistics is a particular method of hypothesizing relationships among organisms based on the idea that members of a group share a common evolutionary history.
Introduction to Phylogeny - UCMP Exhibit Halls: PHYLOGENY. The ancestor/descendant relationships which connect all organisms that have ever lived.
John Graham, Associate Professor of Biology, Berry College - Current research includes the theory and practical application of developmental stability in evolutionary biology and ecotoxicology. Studies fluctuating asymmetry, developmental instability, hybrid zones, population ecology of fishes, and the biological diversity of Berry College.
Journey into Phylogenetic Systematics - Phylogenetic systematics is the way that biologists reconstruct the pattern of events that have led to the distribution and diversity of life.
Leakey Foundation - Research related to human origins.
Lefalophodon: A History of Evolutionary Biology Web Site - This is an informal and incomplete guide to the history of evolutionary biology from about 1800 to about 1950. Its main emphases are on the late 19th century and on paleontology.
Life and Times of Early Man - Overview of major groups of hominids.
Life Drop - An educative web site about evolution. It includes a 3D Java-based virtual world using Artificial Life, as well as information about the main evolution theories.
Life Sciences Site - Wide-ranging Life Science topics, covering Evolution, Animal Behavior, Exobiology, Artificial Intelligence, & other eclectic links.
Management, Organization, & (Evolved) Human Nature - A principle resource for the study of Management, Organization and Human Nature, for academics and others interested in using an Evolutionary Psychology perspective to understand organizations and mananagement, and vice versa.
MendelWeb - The origins of classical genetics.
Models of Molecular Evolution and Phylogeny - Produced by Nikos Drakos of the Computer Based Learning Unit at the University of Leeds, this is a review of some of the DNA base substitution and amino acid replacement models most widely used, along with some of their most important current developments. Maximum likelihood inference using these models is briefly introduced as one statistical method used to draw evolutionary inferences, and as a fundamental part of the procedure for comparing the models. The site concludes with speculations on the future course of molecular evolutionary analyses.
Molecular Evolution at Dalhousie University Department of Biochemistry - This laboratories research focuses on the early evolution of genes and genomes, using standard methods of molecular genetics and sophisticated computer algorithms to reconstruct phylogenies from gene sequences and to understand genome evolution as a process. Topics considered include the following: introns, eukaryotic genome origins, gene duplications in eukaryotic nuclear genome evolution, role of lateral gene transfer in evolution, and neutral models for the evolution of molecular complexity. Contains explanation of work and bibliographies.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - This journal is dedicated to bringing Darwin's dream–to "have fairly true genealogical trees of each great kingdom of Nature"–within grasp, and provides a forum for molecular studies that advance our understanding of phylogeny and evolution.
National Center for Science Education - Working to defend the teaching of evolution against sectarian attack. Clearinghouse for information and advice to keep evolution in the science classroom and "scientific creationism" out.
Nearctica - Evolution - Extensive annotated collection of links on the process of evolution.
Net Advance of Evolution - Advancement of new concepts in evolution. It includes ideas from the author at the University of Utah as well as other ideas from other universities and institutes. Edited by Heidi Hileman.
Origins and Evolution of Human Diet - Central repository of information and links pertaining to the study of the origins and evolution of human diet.
Origins of Humankind - An internet resource for the human evolution community. This site aims to be a one stop place to efficiently locate, research, interact, and share information.
Overview of the Theories of Evolution and Creation Science
Paleoprimatology and Human Evolution Message Board - An online board for the scientific discussion of the origins and evolution of humans and non-human primates.
Phylogeny and Evolution - This is a site for various projects in evolution, molecular evolution and phylogenetic epidemiology being carried out by members in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford.
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.
Psychology, Culture, and Evolution - Speculations on the Psychology of Paleolithic Graphics, links to cultural-historical psychology, and links to articles about the evolution of brain, consciousness, language, and sociality.
Research Group Adaptive Modelling and Pattern Recognition - Work targets the development and application of new algorithms for modelling techniques, pattern recognition and optimization tasks. The application area covers control systems, image processing and object recognition.
Save Our Science - Internet-based petition in response to the recent attempts by education authorities around the country to remove evolution from science classrooms. Links to Evolution Resources.
Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences - Considers the science that supports the theory of evolution, focusing on three categories of scientific evidence: evidence for the origins of the universe, Earth, and life, evidence for biological evolution, including findings from paleontology, comparative anatomy, biogeography, embryology, and molecular biology, and evidence for human evolution.
Sociobiology Sanitized: The Evolutionary Psychology and Genic Selectionism Debates - Overview of the circumstances leading to the development of Evolutionary Psychology as distinct from Sociobiology, by Val Dusek. This web page is associated with the Science-as-Culture mailing list.
Stuart A. Kauffman Home Page - Abstracts and investigations on origins of life, beginning with autocatalytic sets through the mechanism of spontaneous organization.
Syllabus: CG32 Biology & Evolution of Language - Covers "Evolution of brain mechanisms and anatomy over the last 150,000 to 200,000 years." (Brown University)
Szostak Laboratory - Details work exploring the evolution of novel ribozymes (deoxyribo and ribonucleic acid catalysts) from populations of random sequences, attempting to shed light on the origins of biological catalysis.
The Alfred Russel Wallace Page - Provides information on the English naturalist, evolutionist, and social critic. Includes over 75 of his writings in full-text, plus bibliographies of his writings and writings on him, and a chronology of his life.
The Biology & Evolution Jump Station - Large collection of links to biology resources on the web, including evolution science sites.
The Evolution of Man - Exhibit at the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum.
The Evolution Page - The Evolution Page is dedicated to evolution education in Kansas public schools.
The Evolutionary Psychology FAQ - Answers to frequently asked questions about evolutionary psychology.
The Evolutionary Tales - Recasting of Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" to present evolutionary theory and the pseudoscientific nature of "creation science" by Ronald L. Ecker. Full text available online.
The History of Evolution - Not just the historical aspects of evolution, but also the evolution of all species.
The Multi-habitat Hypothesis of Human Evolution - A theory of human evolution which seeks to understand how humans evolved from animals that were similar to the great apes.
The Museum of Evolution and Artificial Life (MEAL) - MEAL demonstrates concepts in evolutionary biology to impatient visitors with modest hardware.
The Origin of Humankind - Abstracts from a conference held in Italy.
The Species Concept - Resource guide compiled by BIOSIS and Zoological Record. Origin of Species, Phylogenetic species concept, and modes of speciation.
The Telson Spur: A Way Station for Snark Hunters - A meta-list of mainly academic resources organized on the theme of necessity vs. contingency in the study of time and evolution.
The Thermosynthesis Home Page - Thermosynthesis theory shows how organisms can use or may have used thermal cycling as an energy source-thermal cycling occurring especially in volcanic hot springs. Thermosynthesis could stepwise evolve towards photosynthesis. It may still occur in convecting aquifers on Earth, but also on the many other bodies in the Solar System where water has been found.
The Tree of Life - The Tree of Life is a project containing information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history, and characteristics. The information is linked together in the form of the evolutionary tree that connects all organisms to each other.
The Works of Charles Darwin Online - This page leads to full length online versions of Charles Darwin's most important books: The Voyage of the Beagle, The Origin of Species, and The Descent of Man.
The WWW Virtual Library: Evolution (Biosciences)
Towards A New Theory Of Evolution - This site explores the possibility that genetic variation and natural selection are two sides of a unitary and simultaneous response to the struggle for existence, as recent experiments at Harvard and elsewhere on bacteria imply.
Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ - A large, but by no means complete, list of transitional fossils that are known. Use this article to counter the common creationist canard that there are no intermediates in the fossil record.
Trauma & Society - ideas about seeking healthier, non-traumatic alternatives to trauma-based behaviors such as war, racism, domestic violence, and rape.
UCM Atapuerca Research Group - The Sierra de Atapuerca consists of an isolated hill of Cretaceous limestones in the Northern part of Spain. Since 1978, three sites (Sima de los Huesos, Gran Dolina and Galería) of great palaeoanthropological potential have been excavated by several research institutions, yielding one of the best collections of human remains and tools in the world, including the first Europeans.
Universal Problem Solvers, Inc. Home Page
William R. Atchley Group: Molecular Evolution Research - A list of links from this research group at North Carolina State University.