Early Human Evolution: Related Internet Sites

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Related Internet Sites

Biography Links:

Davidson Black (talk.origins Archive)

Eugene Dubois (talk.origins Archive)

Donald Johanson (talk.origins Archive)

Louis Leakey (talk.origins Archive)

Mary Leakey (talk.origins Archive)

Mary Leakey (Scientific American article by Marguerite Holloway Dec 16, 1996)

Meave Leakey (American Academy of Achievement)

Richard Leakey (talk.origins Archive)

Hominid Evolution Links:

A Look at Modern Human Origins (extensive site with photos and information about specific fossil hominids maintained by C. David Kreger)

Human Evolution Timeline (a good summary of information about early hominin and human species)

Institute of Human Origins (a multidisciplinary research Institute, dedicated to the recovery and analysis of the fossil evidence for human evolution; Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University)

Homo habilis and Homo erectus Fossil Links:

Homo habilis (University of Minnesota, Duluth--links to many sites on this topic including graphic images)

Homo erectus (University of Minnesota, Duluth--links to many sites on this topic including graphic images and animations)

Peking Man (talk.origins Archive)

Turkana Boy (talk.origins Archive)

Pleistocene Climate Change Links:

Common Questions and Myths about Glaciers (U.S. Geological Survey)

The Big Chill (an article explaining the history and possible causes of ice ages on earth by Kirk A. Maasch; NOVA)

The Great Ice Age (U.S. Geological Survey publication; PDF file)

Early Stone Tools Links:

Early Homo erectus Tools in China (Archaeology Vol. 53, No. 1, Jan/Feb 2000)

World's Oldest Stone Tools: Oldowan Tool Tradition (Archaeology Vol. 50, No. 2, March/April 1997)

Other Related Links:

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

Forensic Anthropology (Description with good examples of what forensic anthropologists do in analyzing human skeletal remains--site created by Terri Winson at Kutztown University)

Journal of Human Evolution (articles on biological anthropology topics)

Piltdown Man Story (talk.origins Archive--extensive history of the discovery and analysis of one of the most well known hoaxes)

Radiometric Dating and the Geological Time Scale (detailed description of methodology)

Rambling Road to Humanity: Anthropologists Debunk Another Myth of Evolutionary Progress (Scientific American article by Corey S. Powell and W. Wayt Gibbs June 16, 1997)

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