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Prominent Hominid Fossils
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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.
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Carboniferous Human Bones
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A discussion and thorough critique of claims that human bones have been found in context with Carboniferous age geological formations.
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The Multi-habitat Hypothesis
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A theory of human evolution which seeks to understand how humans evolved from animals that were similar to the great apes.
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Human Origin Program
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Smithsonian Institution's journey through five million years of human evolution.
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Becoming Human
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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.]
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Human Origins and Evolution in Africa
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Links for primates, human evolution and paleoecology, course notes on Human Origins, and Jeanne Sept's personal web pages at Indiana University.
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Human Evolution from Ape to Technological Man
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Traces origins from ape ancestors such as Australopithecus to modern man. Talks about Neanderthals and their relationship to the gorilla and chimpanzee.
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Origins and Evolution of Human Diet
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Central repository of information and links pertaining to the study of the origins and evolution of human diet.
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Human Origin
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A proposal of an evolutionary explanation of the human bipedallity, sexual behaviour, language, and consciousness.
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A Multimedia Guide to the Fossil Record
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An interactive online textbook. [requires Shockwave plugin]
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Human Evolution
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A study of the evolution of hominids.
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Handprint : Ancestral Lines
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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.
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Hominid Evolution
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Descriptions of fossil and recent hominid species.
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Did Language Reduce Sequence Variation? The Evolution of Humans
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Two articles regarding theories of rapid evolution through biased gene conversion and loss of allelic variation, leading to the winnowing of the bushy hominid tree.
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Hominid Sites Around The World
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Interactive map of archaeological sites in Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia, with brief articles about major species and finds.
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Human Evolution: The Fossil Evidence in 3D
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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.
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Hominid Evolution
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Guided tour of the apes and our ancestors from the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland.
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Human Origins and Prehistory
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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.
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Instant Evolution: The Influence of the City on Human Genes
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Argues that humans have, in fact, been evolving, since Neanderthal times. Points to new studies being done with gene mutations.
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Human Origins
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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.
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Reflections on the Origins of Scavenging and Hunting in Early Hominids
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An essay by James Q. Jacobs discussing when our earliest human ancestors first began to scavenge for meat and hunt. Includes references.
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Modern Human Origins
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A reference site for information on human evolution, with images of hominid specimens arranged by species and site, papers written by C David Kreger, and a bibliography.
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Paleoprimatology & Human Evolution Yahoo! Group
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A forum for the scientific discussion of paleoanthropology, paleoprimatology, physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, stone age archeology, human origins, primate biology, and primate evolution.
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Life and Times of Early Man
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Overview of major groups of hominids.
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis - Toumai
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Web Resources for Sahelanthropus tchadensis aka "Toumai" can be found here.
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Spirituality and Evolution
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This article discusses the evolutionary significance of spiritual development.
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Paleoanthropology in the 1990's
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A series of fifteen essays about the most recent findings in the study of human origins and evolution.
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BBC News: Asteroids May Have Affected Human Evolution
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The ascent of mankind could have been influenced by frequent cosmic catastrophes.
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Handy Clues to Ascent of Man
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BBC News report on study suggesting that the precision grip of early modern humans may have allowed them to triumph over Neanderthals.
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BBC News: 'Oldest' Ape-man Fossils Revealed
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Scientists unveiled the remains of a hominid said to be six million years old.
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Scientific American: Food for Thought
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Article, by William R. Leonard, arguing that dietary change was a driving force in human evolution.
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A Look at Our Ancestors
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Humboldt University's summary of the hominid evolutionary line, with species involved grouped by genus.
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Prehistoric Cultures
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Lecture notes for a course covering human and pre-human history.
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New Scientist: Dawn of Human Race Uncovered
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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.
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Human Family Tree
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Hominid descriptions including a timeline
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Nariokotome Reconstruction
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Sculptural and forensic techniques used to approximate what the Nariokotome boy (KNM-WT-15000)looked like in life.
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Scientific American: Stranger in a New Land
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Stunning finds in the Republic of Georgia upend long-standing ideas about the first hominids to journey out of Africa
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Leakey.com: The Leakey Family
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Leakey.com celebrates 100 years of the Leakey Family in East Africa.
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BBCi - Cavemen
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Essays, and videos related to the BBC series about human evolution.
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Human Origins Summary
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Information and links to other sites.
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New Scientist: Chromosomes reveal surprise human-chimp differences
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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.
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Human Evolution Pictures and Timelines
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A collection of pictures and timelines depicting the evolution of human beings.
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Out of Africa and back as "Mongoloids"
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An alternative explanation of human evolution evolution.
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Toba Volcano - New perspectives on human evolution.
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Alternative explanation for current topics in human evolution.
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Australian and Asian Palaeoanthropology
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Information and teaching resources on human evolution and the hominid fossil record from Australia, East Asia and South-East Asia.
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A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution
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Offers an outline of William Calvin's from his book about a theory about human brain evolution and climate change.
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The Evolution of Man
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Exhibit on the evolution of man at the Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum.
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Theory of Human Evolution
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The Emuseum's general overview of human evolution summarizing people in the study of human evolution, terms, hominid fossil images and links.
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Human Origins and Development of Culture
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Covers the development of humans from our ancestors. In module format.
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Think Quest: Human Origins
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Aimed at both students and educators alike, providing factual information and follow up questions about human origins.
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An Essay on Human Evolution
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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.
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Evolution Bibliography and Resources
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Bibliographic resource for those researching the biological aspects of evolution.
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The Evolution of Humankind
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An explanation of the evolution of life, from the big bang to the birth of civilization.
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Becoming Human
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Online documentary, activities and lesson plans
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Peter Brown's Australian and Asian Palaeoanthropology
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Covers the hominid fossil record from Australia, East Asia and South-East Asia, including archaic and modern Homo sapiens and Homo erectus. Also includes a PDF field guide to the human skeleton, and downloadable data files of anthropometric data on various historical and modern Asian and Australian collections.
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Becoming Human
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Broadband documentary offers a journey through human evolution; also includes activities and lesson plans.
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Life and Times of Early Man
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Comprehensive and interactive guide to the important discoveries and different species involved. Includes a simple chart for following the development of skills and culture.
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BBC News: Asteroids May Have Affected Human Evolution
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Article reports the views of two researchers who believe that man's development could have been influenced by frequent cosmic catastrophes.
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Theory of Human Evolution
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The Emuseum gives a general overview, with definitions, fossil charts and a list of the important people involved in the subject.
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Human Family Tree
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A high school research project describes each of the different fossil discoveries and the way they fit onto a timeline.
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A Look at Our Ancestors
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A summary of evolutionary evidence, with photographs and characteristics of the different fossils.
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Hominid Evolution
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The Hunterian Museum presents a guided tour, following the timeline of fossil discoveries with dioramas, pictures and descriptions.
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Pictures of Human Evolution
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Reconstructions, photographs, illustrations and timelines are used to represent the development of modern man.
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Human Evolution: The Fossil Evidence in 3D
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Interactive images of the skulls of modern primate relatives and fossils of the ancestors of humans. [Requires Shockwave]
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Becoming Human
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Journey through the story of human evolution in a multimedia documentary experience. Requires high-speed Internet connection and Macromedia Flash.
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Handprint : Ancestral Lines
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Provides an 'interactive' graph that maps the journey of hominid ancestors from 5 million years ago to present day with descriptions of the various species.
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Leakey.com: The Leakey Family
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Biographies and research of this family studying human evolution in Africa.
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