- Human Evolution: A Look at Our Ancestors
Presents a general overview of the evolutionary design of man.
www.humboldt.edu/~mrc1
- Ape To Man: The Evolution of Evolution
The History Channel program about the quest to find the origins of the human race. The show examines the development of evolutionary theory, the discipline of anthropology, and the major discoveries that have led us to the understanding we have today.
www.historychannel.com/apetoman
- Leakey Foundation: Timeline of Discovery
Includes important scientific discoveries from 1847 to the present related to the discovery of early humans.
www.leakeyfoundation.org/discoveries
- Nature's Holism: Human Evolution
Looks at humanity's ecological context, from early primates to technological man.
www.ecotao.com/holism/huevo/index.html
- Scientific American: Food for Thought
Looks at how dietary change was a driving force in human evolution.
www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=food-for-thought
- Outpost: In Search of Human Origins
National Geographic feature covering the fossils hunt by Lee Berger and his team in Botswana and South Africa. Also provides general information about hominids.
www.nationalgeographic.com/features/outpost
- Prehistoric Hunter: Tauravel Man 450, 000 Years Ago
Tells the story of the 1971 discovery of Tautavel Man, an early human skeleton found in France's Arago Cave.
www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/tautavel
- Human Evolution: Evolution and the Structure of Health and Disease
Unifying theory of biological and cultural evolution explaining the origin of neurological disease in humans.
www.serpentfd.org
- Evolution of Modern Humans: A Survey of the Biological and Cultural Evolution of Archaic and Modern Homo sapiens
Tutorial addressing early archaic Homo sapiens, Neandertals, archaic Homo sapiens culture, and early modern Homo sapiens and their culture.
anthro.palomar.edu/homo2/default.htm
- Early Hominid Evolution: A Survey of the Australopithecines and Related Genera
Online tutorial about the discovery and analysis of early hominids, the Australopithecines.
anthro.palomar.edu/hominid/Default.htm
- Thinkquest: Human Origins
Describes important discoveries related to human origin as well as various theories and theorists.
library.thinkquest.org/26070/?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0916
- Human Evolution: Interpreting Evidence
See how three leading paleoanthropologists: Meave Leakey, Ian Tattersall, and Tim White compare the fossil record. The Museum of Science feature also provides a searchable database of human ancestor fossils and a copy of the paper, Interpreting Evidence: An Approach to Teaching Human Evolution in the Classroom.
www.mos.org/evolution/main
- Evolution: The Mind's Big Bang
Looks at the origins of humankind, and provides clips from the PBS series on evolution.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/humans/index.html
- Anthropology 1500 - Monkeys, Apes, and Humans
Introductory course in evolutionary theory and primate evolution. Includes primate fact sheets and other information.
www.missouri.edu/~anthmark/courses/mah
- Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins
Hall of Human Origins is a permanent exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History that presents the remarkable history of human evolution from our earliest ancestors millions of years ago to modern Homo sapiens.
www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/humanorigins/?src=e_h
- Search for the First Human
Companion site to program on paleontologists hunting for remains of creatures that may reveal the origins of humankind. From PBS.
www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/previous_seasons/case_firsthuman
- Hominid Journey, The
Offers a time line spanning back four million years to the appearance of the first early hominids and reaching forward to today's Homo sapiens.
www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/origins/hominid_journey
- The Human Spark - PBS
In a three-part PBS series, Alan Alda seeks out answers to: What is the nature of human uniqueness? Where did the human spark ignite, and when? And perhaps most tantalizingly, why? In a three-part series to be broadcast on PBS in 2010, Alan Alda takes these questions personally, visiting with dozens of scientists on three continents, and participating directly in many experiments ? including the detailed examination of his own brain.
www.pbs.org/wnet/humanspark
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