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Aida Gomez Robles  aida.gomezrobles.googlepages.com 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  www.archaeologyinfo.com Human evolution and archaeology online resource for amateurs and experts alike.

Atlas of the Human Journey  https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/atlas.html National Geographic project to map the appearance and frequency of genetic markers in modern people so as to track the movements of ancient peoples. Requires Flash.

Australian and Asian Palaeoanthropology  www-personal.une.edu.au/~pbrown3/palaeo.html 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  news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1272368.stm The ascent of mankind could have been influenced by frequent cosmic catastrophes.

Becoming Human  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  www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey Stephen Oppenheimer provides a virtual global journey of modern man over the last 160,000 years.

A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution  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.

Braindance  www.anthro.fsu.edu/research/falk/braindance.html Dean Falk at Florida State University outlines research being done on early hominids and the evolution of the human brain.

Carboniferous Human Bones  www.geo.ucalgary.ca/~macrae/t_origins/carbbones/carbbones.html A discussion and thorough critique of claims that human bones have been found in context with Carboniferous age geological formations.

The Dark Matter of Modern Human Origins  johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/early_modern/africa/modern-human-origins-… John Hawkes weblog covering the interesting issues in paleoanthropology that are not well covered by the mainstream science press.

An Essay on Human Evolution  home.comcast.net/~cmdaven/human.htm A speculative essay on primate evolution in East Africa in the period between approximately five million years BCE and two and one-half million years BCE, during which significant pre-human evolution took place and ending when recognizably-human, tool-using creatures first emerged.

Evolution and the Origin of Races  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.

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

Evolution: Origins of Humankind  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.

Evolution's Arrow  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.

Future Human Evolution  www.humansfuture.org Scientific and speculative articles about the future of mankind including artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, transhumanism, life extension and human enhancement.

Hall of Human Origins  www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/humanorigins/?src=e_h Provides information on this permanent exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History covering the evolution of humans over the last six million years.

Handprint : Ancestral Lines  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  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  www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/collections/museum/hominid/hominid_index.shtml The Hunterian Museum in Glasgow provides an online exhibition starting with the dryopithecine apes of the Miocine era and working through to modern humans.

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

The Hominid Journey  www.mc.maricopa.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.

Hominid Species  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  www.le.ac.uk/users/dsgp1/COURSES/ENVIRONS/primate.pdf?searchterm=Homo%… Notes from a lecture by DSG Pollock on early hominids. Includes references.

Human Evolution  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  www.humanevolution.net Similarities found among early myths suggest that our cultural origins began in female centered tribes which slowly evolved toward patrifocal social structures 40,000 to 100,000 years ago.

Human Evolution  www.onelife.com/evolve/manev.html A study of the evolution of hominids.

Human Evolution from Ape to Technological Man  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  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  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  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 Family Tree  www.freewebs.com/humanfamilytree03k Hominid descriptions including a timeline

Human Origin Program  anthropology.si.edu/humanorigins Smithsonian Institution's journey through five million years of human evolution.

Human Origins  www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/human-origins The Natural History Museum provides a number of short videos on this topic.

Human Origins  www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1997/May/hour2_050997.html 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  www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/origins Covers the development of humans from our ancestors. In module format.

Human Origins and Evolution in Africa  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  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  www.cix.co.uk/~awhitec/HumanOrigins/Introduction.htm Information and links to other sites.

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

The Human Story: As it Really Happened  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.

Instant Evolution: The Influence of the City on Human Genes  howardbloom.net/instant_evolution.htm Argues that humans have, in fact, been evolving, since Neanderthal times. Points to new studies being done with gene mutations.

Institute of Human Origins  www.asu.edu/clas/iho A non-profit, multidisciplinary research organization, affiliated with Arizona State University, dedicated to the recovery and analysis of the fossil evidence for human evolution.

Language Evolution and Computation Bibliography and Resources  www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev Bibliographic resource for those researching the computational aspects of language evolution.

The Leakey Family  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.

Leakey Foundation  www.leakeyfoundation.org Non profit organization site with several articles, glossary, and links section.

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

A Look at Our Ancestors  www.humboldt.edu/~mrc1 Humboldt University's summary of the hominid evolutionary line, with species involved grouped by genus.

Maropeng  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  brianaala.tripod.com/Narboy.html Sculptural and forensic techniques used to approximate what the Nariokotome boy (KNM-WT-15000)looked like in life.

Origins and Evolution of Human Diet  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"  klevius.info/Humandiaspora.html?1085339285543 An alternative explanation of human evolution evolution.

Paleoanthropology in the 1990's  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  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  www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602 Lecture notes for a course covering human and pre-human history.

Prominent Hominid Fossils  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  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  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.

Sahelanthropus tchadensis - Toumai  www.sahelanthropus.com Web Resources for Sahelanthropus tchadensis aka "Toumai" can be found here.

Scientific American: Food for Thought  www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=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  www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=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  www4.tpg.com.au/users/jes999/HumNat.htm This article discusses the evolutionary significance of spiritual development.

Theory of Human Evolution  www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/biology/humanevolution The Emuseum's general overview of human evolution summarizing people in the study of human evolution, terms, hominid fossil images and links.

Think Quest: Human Origins  library.thinkquest.org/26070/data/eng Aimed at both students and educators alike, providing factual information and follow up questions about human origins.

Time-Space Chart: Hominid Fossils  https://www.msu.edu/~heslipst/contents/ANP440 Provides details of the different hominid finds from around the world by place and species.

The Upright Ape: A New Origin of the Species  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.

New African Ape Fossil Discovered  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. (November 13, 2007)

New Scientist: Chromosomes Reveal Surprise Human-chimp Differences  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. (May 26, 2004)

New Scientist: Dawn of Human Race Uncovered  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. (June 11, 2003)

BBC News: 'Oldest' Ape-man Fossils Revealed  news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1157536.stm Scientists unveiled the remains of a hominid said to be six million years old. (February 7, 2001)