Evolution of Modern Humans: Related Internet Sites

Related Internet Sites

Hominid Evolution Links:

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

Becoming Human (major steps in hominid evolution illustrated and explained through videos, text, and graphic images--Arizona State University's Institute for Human Origins)

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

Neandertal and other Archaic Homo sapiens Links:

Archaic Homo sapiens (University of Minnesota, Duluth--links to photos and information about specific Neandertal finds)

Conflict and Care among the Neandertals (Scientific American news item Apr 23, 2002)

French Fossils Reveal Caring Pre-Neandertals (Scientific American news item Sep 11, 2001)

Humans Lived North of the Arctic Circle During Last Ice Age (Scientific American news item Sep 6, 2001)

Images of Neandertals (talkorigins.org--changing representations of Neandertals)

Lagar Velho 1 Skeleton (talkorigins.org--article about the 1999 discovery of what has been called a Neandertal/modern human hybrid child skeleton from Lagar Velho, Portugal)

Neanderthal Museum (museum for the original Neandertal site near Dusseldorf, Germany)

Neanderthal or Neandertal? (talkorigins.org--short history of classification of Neandertals)

Study Suggests Neandertal Newborns Exhibited Distinctive Traits (Scientific American news item Aug 2, 2001)

Early Modern Humans Links:

Atlas of the Human Journey (very interesting interactive site of the evolution of modern humans; National Geographic Society)

Early Modern Humans Feasted on Freshwater Fish and Fowl (Scientific American news item May 22, 2001)

The Modern Human Origins Morass: Recent Studies Support a Controversial Theory of Human Evolution (Scientific American article by Kate Wong Jan 29, 2001)

Y Chromosome Study Suggests Asians, Too, Came from Africa (Scientific American news item May 11, 2001)

Early Stone Tools and Other Artifacts Links:

African Bone Tools Dispute Key Idea About Human Evolution (Nov 8, 2001 article in National Geographic)

Principles of Lithic Technology (an interesting tutorial describing the mechanics of stone tool making--George H. Michaels and Brian M. Fagan)

Tool Time, 100,000 Years Ago (Scientific American news item Feb 6, 2001)

Upper Paleolithic European Tools (description and pictures of Aurignacian tools and sites)

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)

Darwinian Selection Continues to Influence Human Evolution (April 30, 2012 ScienceDaily report on research in Finland that shows humans are still evolving as a consequence of natural and sexual selection)

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)

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

Threatened Species (Red list of species now threatened with extinction; International Union for Conservation of Natural Resources)

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