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This category is for sites about human evolution. Human evolution is the part of biological evolution concerned with the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species. The genus Homo is first known from the remains of Homo habilis who roamed the earth from about 2.4 to 1.4 million years ago. Other members of the genus Homo followed, but it is unclear which of these were actually ancestors of modern man, Homo sapiens, who first appeared about 250,000 years ago.

Subcategories

• Aquatic Ape Theory
• Australopithecus
• Homo erectus
• Homo habilis
• Multiregional Theory
• Neanderthals

Resources in This Category

• A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution

  http://www.williamcalvin.com/BrainForAllSeasons/index.htm
  Offers an outline of William Calvin's from his book about a theory about human brain evolution and climate change.

• Aida Gomez Robles

  http://sites.google.com/site/aidagomezrobles/
  Personal webpage of this researcher in Paleoanthropology at the National Research Centre on Human Evolution (CENIEH). Includes research lines, publications, fieldwork and curriculum vitae.

• Archaeology Info

  http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/
  Human evolution and archaeology online resource for amateurs and experts alike.

• 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.

• BBC News: Asteroids May Have Affected Human Evolution

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1272368.stm
  The ascent of mankind could have been influenced by frequent cosmic catastrophes.

• 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.]

• 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.

• Evolution and the Origin of Races

  http://ncse.com/evolution/science/evolution-origin-races
  Article by Eugenie C. Scott of the National Center for Science Education dealing with the human fossil record and the racial origins of man.

• Evolution's Arrow

  http://www4.tpg.com.au/users/jes999/index.htm
  Full text of a book presenting the author's views about directionality in evolution and its implications for human society.

• 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.

• 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.

• Handy Clues to Ascent of Man

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1154491.stm
  BBC News report on study suggesting that the precision grip of early modern humans may have allowed them to triumph over Neanderthals.

• Hominid Evolution

  http://www.serpentfd.org/section2hominidevolution.html
  An unorthodox human evolution theory based on a synthesis of biological and cultural theory and new discoveries in neuropsychology.

• 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.

• Human Evolution

  http://www.onelife.com/evolve/manev.html
  A study of the evolution of hominids.

• 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.

• Human Evolution

  http://www.le.ac.uk/users/dsgp1/COURSES/ENVIRONS/primate.pdf?searchterm=Homo+habilis
  Notes from a lecture by DSG Pollock on early hominids. Includes references.

• Human Evolution from Ape to Technological Man

  http://www.ecotao.com/holism/huevo/index.html
  Traces origins from ape ancestors such as Australopithecus to modern man. Talks about Neanderthals and their relationship to the gorilla and chimpanzee.

• Human Evolution Pictures and Timelines

  http://www.wilderdom.com/evolution/HumanEvolutionPictures.htm
  A collection of pictures and timelines depicting the evolution of human beings.

• 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.

• Human Existence

  http://www.human-existence.com/
  Publications from Dr. John Skoyles, an academic researcher from London, on the origins and nature of human biology, language, mind, society, faith, and clinical conditions.

• Human Origin Program

  http://humanorigins.si.edu/
  Smithsonian Institution's journey through five million years of human evolution.

• Human Origins and Development of Culture

  http://www.mesacc.edu/dept/d10/asb/origins/
  Covers the development of humans from our ancestors. In module format.

• 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.

• 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.

• Human Origins Summary

  http://www.cix.co.uk/~awhitec/HumanOrigins/Introduction.htm
  Information and links to other sites.

• Human Prehistory

  http://users.hol.gr/~dilos/prehis.htm
  Exhibit that "walks through" the various stages of human evolution.

• Institute of Human Origins

  http://iho.asu.edu/
  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

  http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/
  Non profit organization site with several articles, glossary, and links section.

• Leakey.com: The Leakey Family

  http://www.leakey.com/
  Leakey.com celebrates 100 years of the Leakey Family in East Africa.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Origins and Evolution of Human Diet

  http://www.cast.uark.edu/local/icaes/index.html
  Central repository of information and links pertaining to the study of the origins and evolution of human diet.

• Out of Africa and back as "Mongoloids"

  http://klevius.info/Humandiaspora.html?1085339285543
  An alternative explanation of human evolution evolution.

• 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.

• 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.

• Prehistoric Cultures

  http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/
  Lecture notes for a course covering human and pre-human history.

• 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.

• Reflections on the Origins of Scavenging and Hunting in Early Hominids

  http://www.jqjacobs.net/anthro/paleo/scavenging.html
  An essay by James Q. Jacobs discussing when our earliest human ancestors first began to scavenge for meat and hunt. Includes references.

• Sahelanthropus tchadensis

  http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/toumai.html
  Picture and discussion of the fossil cranium TM 266-01-060-1 (Toumaï) 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.

• Scientific American: Food for Thought

  http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/food-for-thought/
  Article, by William R. Leonard, arguing that dietary change was a driving force in human evolution.

• Scientific American: Stranger in a New Land

  http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stranger-in-a-new-land/
  Stunning finds in the Republic of Georgia upend long-standing ideas about the first hominids to journey out of Africa

• Spirituality and Evolution

  http://www4.tpg.com.au/users/jes999/HumNat.htm
  This article discusses the evolutionary significance of spiritual development.

• 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.

• The Evolution of Man

  http://hoopermuseum.earthsci.carleton.ca/man/begin.html
  Exhibit on the evolution of man at the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum.

• The Evolution of Man

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/human/human_evolution/
  Essays recounting our three million year journey from the treetops of Africa to civilization.

• The Hominid Journey

  http://www.mesacc.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.

• The Human Story: As it Really Happened

  http://harikrv.webs.com/
  Provides information on the book of this name by KRV Hari about the human saga of the last 500,000 years. There are sample pages to download and a link to purchase the book online.

• 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.

• 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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