Early Theories of Evolution: Related Internet Sites

Related Internet Sites

Biography Links:

Boucher de Perthes (Wikipedia)

Buffon, Comte de (Museum of Paleontology, U.C. Berkeley)

Cuvier, George (The Victorian Web)

Cuvier, George (U.C. Berkeley)

Cuvier, George (Eric Weisstein, World of Biography; Wolfram Research)

Darwin, Charles (The Victorian Web)

Darwin, Charles--Excerpts From His Diary (very interesting interactive Flash web activity--requires the Shockwave Flash plug-in; if you do not have this plug-in installed on your computer, click here to get it free; once you reach to diary website, click on "Darwin's Diary" to begin)

Darwin, Erasmus (The Victorian Web)

Darwin, Erasmus (U.C. Berkeley)

Huxley, Thomas (Museum of Paleontology, U.C. Berkeley)

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste (The Victorian Web)

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste (U.C. Berkeley)

Linnaeus, Carolus (U.C. Berkeley)

Lyell, Charles (The Victorian Web)

Ussher, Archbishop James (Armagh Observatory, Northern Ireland)

Wallace, Alfred Russel (The Victorian Web)

Wallace, Alfred Russel (Western Kentucky University)

The C. Waren Irvin, Jr., Collection of Darwin and Darwiniana (excellent summary of the writings and ideas of James Ussher, Erasmus Darwin, Thomas Robert Malthus, Jean Baptiste Lamarck, Robert Chambers, Charles Lyell, Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, Thomas Henry Huxley, and Francis Galton--University of South Carolina)

Major Early Publications: (full text versions)

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin (the most complete compendium of Darwin's works; University of Cambridge)

Darwin, Charles: The Voyage of the Beagle (1845; Online Literature Library)

Darwin, Charles: The Voyage of the Beagle (1845--2nd edition; Electronic Scholarly Publishing)

The Darwin-Wallace 1858 Evolution Paper (University of Maryland)

Darwin, Charles: On The Origin of Species (1859--1st edition with 3rd edition preface; The Talk.Origins Archive)

Darwin, Charles: The Origin of Species (1859--6th edition; Online Literature Library)

Darwin, Charles: The Descent of Man (1871; Online Literature Library)

Darwin, Charles: The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication (2 volumes, 1883--2nd edition; Electronic Scholarly Publishing)

Darwin, Charles: The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1898 edition; University of Virginia Library)

Darwin, Erasmus: Zoonomia; or, the Laws of Organic Life--Volume 1 (1796--2nd London Edition, corrected by the Author; Project Gutenberg EBook)

Lyell, Charles: Principles of Geology (3 volumes, 1830-1833; PDF format; Electronic Scholarly Publishing)

Malthus, Robert: An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798; PDF format; Electronic Scholarly Publishing)

Mendel, Gregor: Experiments in Plant Hybridization (1865; PDF format; Electronic Scholarly Publishing)

Mendel, Gregor: Letters to Carl Nägeli (1866-1873; PDF format; Electronic Scholarly Publishing)

Wallace, Alfred: On the Law Which Has Regulated the Introduction of New Species (1855; Chalres H. Smith's The Alfred Russel Wallace Page; Western Kentucky University)

Wallace, Alfred: On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely From the Original Type (1858; Chalres H. Smith's The Alfred Russel Wallace Page; Western Kentucky University)

Evolution vs. Creationism Links:

15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense (Scientific American article by John Rennie, June 18, 2002)

Accuracy of Fossils and Dating Methods (short article that presents evidence in support of accepting the fossil record as being reliable by Michael Benton; Actionbioscience.org)

Biology and Evolutionary Theory (collection of articles and essays the provide evidence of evolution and explanations of what causes it; The Talk.Origins Archive)

Evolution as Fact and Theory (an article explaining the difference between evolution and creationism; written by Stephen J. Gould)

Evidence of Evolutionary Transitions (short article that presents evidence in support of accepting the evidence of evolution from the fossil record by Michael Benton; Actionbioscience.org)

Evidence Supporting Biological Evolution (article by P. Wesley Edwards; the U.S. National Academy of Sciences)

Evolution: a Journey into Where We're from and Where We're Going (an outstanding, comprehensive web site focusing on the history of research about evolution and the evidence for it; produced by U.S. Public Broadcasting)

Evolution Revolution (terrific interactive history of evolutionary thought: PBS Evolution Educational Resources website)

Issues in Evolution (series of interesting articles and links; ActionBiocience.org--the American Institute of Biological Sciences)

Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution (well written article by Theodosius Dobzhansky; PBS Evolution series website)

The Crusade Against Evolution (summary of recent attempts to get creationism taught in U.S. public schools under the guise of "intelligent design", Wired magazine)

The Tree of Life Web Project (links to 2500+ websites related to the diversity of life; by David Maddison, University of Arizona)

Other Related Links:

Age of the Earth (U.S. Geological Survey)

Age of the Earth (maintained by the talk.origins Usenet newsgroup which is dedicated to the discussion and debate of biological and physical origins)

Arguments against Scientific Creationism (maintained by the talk.origins Usenet newsgroup which is dedicated to the discussion and debate of biological and physical origins)

Biology and Evolutionary Theory (maintained by the talk.origins Usenet newsgroup which is dedicated to the discussion and debate of biological and physical origins)

Catastrophism (maintained by the talk.origins Usenet newsgroup which is dedicated to the discussion and debate of biological and physical origins)

Classic Sooty-moth Tale Bolstered by New Results (February 8th, 2012 article from ScienceNews)

Evolution Links (on Best of the Web)

Journal of Human Evolution (articles on biological anthropology topics)

National Center for Science Education (extensive clearinghouse of information supporting the teaching of evolution in public schools)

Peppered Moths (the College of William and Mary--a short description of the evidence for their evolution)

Science, Evolution and Creationism (online booklet summarizing evidence supporting evolution and positions held by creation science advocates; U.S. National Academy of Sciences)

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