Evolution

Alec's Evolution Pages - Essays, articles, resources and links presenting scientific evidence for evolution and refuting creationist arguments. Demonstrates fallacies of Young Earth Creationism and Intelligent Design.
www.evolutionpages.com

Articles on Evolution - From the archives of the Boston Review.
www.bostonreview.net/evolution.html

Beliefs of U.S. Public About Evolution and Creation - Presents and discusses the results of polls (from Gallup, About.com, and other sources) of various economic, educational, and religious groups about evolution and creation.
www.religioustolerance.org/ev_publi.htm

Development of Evolutionary Theory - Chapter from the Online Biology Book covering this subject in detail.
www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookEVOLI.html

Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? - Article by Dr Marc Surtees arguing that the fossil record does not appear to provide indisputable evidence for the theory that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs.
www.truthinscience.org.uk/site/content/view/231/65/

Essays on Evolution - Essays on dinosaur origin and extinction, bird origin and flight, and human origin.
home13.inet.tele.dk/palm

Evolution, Biology and Taxonomy - Provides articles on the history of the theory of evolution and the basics of biological evolution. Includes forums only available to members.
www.commonancestor.net

Evolution by Natural Selection - An outline of the chain of reasoning behind the theory of natural selection.
www.chainsofreason.org/wiki/Chain_1

Evolution, Complexity and Philosophy - Hans-Cees Speel discusses evolution in biology, philosophy, artificial intelligence and memetics.
web.inter.nl.net/users/hanscees/evolu.htm

Evolution: Darwin - Supporting material for the "Evolution" TV series. Includes informative activities.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/darwin/

Evolution Directory - Provides a means for evolutionary biologists, population biologists and scientists in related areas to post and distribute information about jobs, meetings, news and general announcements.
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir.html

The Evolution Education Wiki - An Evolution Encyclopedia and FAQ compiled by users of the site.
wiki.cotch.net

The Evolution Evidence Page - A collection of articles about evolution, most of which deal primarily with human evolution, from a variety of sources. They include discussion of the anatomical, fossil and genetic evidence.
www.gate.net/~rwms/EvoEvidence.html

Evolution: Fact and Theory - This article states that the most common misconception people have about evolution is that it is a theory. It then explains that evolution is a FACT and that it is Darwin's explanation of the process of evolution that is the theory.
www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/factandtheory.html

Evolution for Creationists - This article argues that evolution is an observed, natural fact. It then tries to provide answers to many of the problems Creationists may have with the theory of evolution.
www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/evolution.html

Evolution of Evolvability - This paper shows how evolution tunes the content and frequency of genetic variation to enhance its evolvability, organising genetic systems into hierarchies. Genetic evolution is neither random nor blind.
www4.tpg.com.au/users/jes999/gencog.htm

Evolution of Horses - Information on the largest collection of fossil-horse skeletons in the world at the American Museum of Natural History.
www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Evolution_of_Horses/horses.html?50

Evolution: The Experience - Conference in February 2009 to be held at Melbourne, Australia celebrating the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of the Species. Information on the program, submissions, speakers, venue and social program.
evolution09.com.au/

Evolution: The Panda's Thumb - One of the classic stories of evolution is the riddle of the giant panda's thumb.
www.athro.com/evo/pthumb.html

Evolution Update - A tool for academic research in evolutionary biology and its associated controversies.
pageup.info/evolution/

The Evolutionary Tales - Recasting of Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" to present evolutionary theory and the pseudo-scientific nature of "creation science" and "intelligent design," by Ronald L. Ecker. Full text available online.
hobrad.angelfire.com/et.htm

The Evolutionist's Prayer - An evolutionary poem unraveling the history and mystery of life.
www.hmnh.org/galleries/ichtheology/evoprayer.html

Evolution's Arrow - Web version of a book written by John Stewart about the direction of evolution and the future of humanity.
www4.tpg.com.au/users/jes999/index.htm

Expedition: Fossils - The American Museum of Natural History provides a guided tour through the evolution of vertebrates.
www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Fossils/

Fossil Horses - Article explaining how the discovery by Othniel Charles Marsh of certain horse fossils demonstrated the evolution of the horse and provided credible evidence to back up Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/3773/OC_Marsh.html

Frozen Evolution - Information on a book by Professor Jaroslav Flegr describing a variation on the theory of evolution, the frozen plasticity theory.
frozenevolution.com

Introduction to Phylogeny - University of California Museum of Paleontology virtual exhibit explores the relationship of phylogeny and evolution.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/phylogeny.html

Macroevolution.net - Gene McCarthy, a geneticist, provides an in-depth discussion of macroevolution and its probable causes and, in the process, reviews the history of evolutionary thought.
macroevolution.net

Mammal Evolution - BBC Science and Nature article describing how modern mammals evolved from reptiles that lived more than 200 million years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/explore/evolution.shtml

Milestones of Vertebrate Evolution - Poster providing a great deal of information in a simple but comprehensive way in accordance with the new cladistic classification system. Also contains information on the work behind the poster.
www.dinosaur-world.com/milestones_of_evolution/milestones_of_evolution.htm

The Modern View of Evolution - Chapter from the Online Biology Book covering this subject in detail.
www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookEVOLII.html

The Mural of Primate Evolution - The American Museum of Natural History provides a mural, created by artist Jay Matternes, illustrating 50 million years of primate evolution.
www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Mural_of_Primate_Evolution/evolution.html?50

On the Origin and Impact of Information in the Average Evolution - Paper on the relationship between information and the process of evolution.
www.geocities.com/evolutionweb/eindex.htm

Origin of Life: Prebiotic Synthesis of Amino Acids - Two articles discussing chemical evolution in light of the Zeeman effect and the lightning cloud experiments of Stanley Miller.
www.geocities.com/acgyles/origin.html

The Panda's Thumb - Group weblog on evolutionary theory, the claims of the anti-evolution movement, and the defence of the integrity of both science and science education.
www.pandasthumb.org/

The Peppered Moth - Article about the peppered moth where natural selection had caused a change in populations, long held out to be a demonstration of evolution in progress.
www.truthinscience.org.uk/site/content/view/127/65/

A Post-Darwinian Probabilistic Model - A probabilistic model of biological evolution with a new interpretation of Darwinian natural selection and 3 examples: 1) 5 mass extinctions 2) hominization 3) the PO2PAL increase.
dinosaurs.ifrance.com/

Radiation of the First Animals - Illustrated lecture transcript by Dr. Jere Lipps. Discussion of the evolutionary record of the pre-Cambrian period and the Cambrian explosion, including the traces and impacts of non-skeletal life forms.
www.accessexcellence.org/bioforum/bf02/lipps/

Replicators: Evolutionary Powerhouses - Extensive and interactive educational resource providing information on biological and cultural evolution, language development and philosophy.
library.thinkquest.org/C004367

Scientific American: 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense - Review and critique of popular arguments against the theory of evolution by natural selection.
www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000D4FEC-7D5B-1D07-8E49809EC588EEDF

Songbird Shows How Evolution Works - BBC News article about study on Himalayan songbirds that suggests how one species can evolve into two.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1123973.stm

The Story of Human Evolution - An step-by-step explanation of natural evolution from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization.
www.evolutionary-metaphysics.net/evolution_of_humankind.html

Synapsids and the Evolution of Mammals - Article from Truth in Science describing Professor Donald Prothero's view that the evolution of mammals from their ancestors, the synapsids, provides an excellent example of a transitional sequence.
www.truthinscience.org.uk/site/content/view/270/65/

This View of Life - A beginner's guide to a science-based understanding of evolution, accessible to the non-scientist. Present the topic of evolution in a scientifically accurate manner that avoids highly technical language.
www.thisviewoflife.org/

Triumph of Life - Companion to PBS series on evolution. Features essays, video clips, and special interactive features that explore the story of life on Earth.
www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/triumphoflife/

Vertebrate Flight Exhibit - Explores the physics of vertebrate flight, with particular emphasis on its origins and evolution.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/flight/enter.html

Zen Philosophy and Adaptation via Natural Selection - Article by Vaclav Petr on this subject.
www.mprinstitute.org/vaclav/Zen.htm