December 22, 2008

  • Lineages Resources: Media

    • American Association of Physical Anthropologists (1996) AAPA Statement on Biological Aspects of Race. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Volume 101, pages 569-570.
    • Boyd, Robert and Joan B. Silk (2000) How Humans Evolved. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., Second Edition.
    • Clark, Geoffrey A. and Catherine M. Willermet, Editors (1997) Conceptual Issues in Modern Human Origins Research. New York: Aldine de Gruyter Press.
    • Cole, Joanna (1987) Evolution: The Story of How Life Developed on Earth. New York: HarperTrophy Books.
    • Corcos, Alain F. and Floyd V. Monaghan (1993) Gregor Mendel's Experiments on Plant Hybrids: A Guided Study. Piscataway, NJ Rutgers University Press.
    • Eldridge, Niles (2000) The Triumph of Evolution...And the Failure of Creationism. New York: W. H. Freeman Company.
    • Fleagle, John G. (1998) Primate Adaptation and Evolution. New York: Academic Press.
    • Fleagle, John G. (2000) The century of the past: One hundred years in the study of primate evolution. Evolutionary Anthropology, Volume 9, Issue 2, pages 87-100.
    • Glausiusz, Josie (1995) Unfortunate Drift. Discover, June 1995.
    • Gould, Stephen J. (1981) The Mismeasure of Man. New York: W. W. Norton.
    • Gould, Stephen J. (1987) Bushes all the way down. Natural History, Volume 6, pages 12-16.
    • Grine, Fred E. (1993) Australopithecine taxonomy and phylogeny: historical background and recent interpretation. In Russell L. Ciochon and John G. Fleagle, Editors, The Human Evolution Source Book. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, pages 189-210.
    • Grine, Fred E., Editor (1988) Evolutionary History of the "Robust" Australopithecines. New York: Aldine de Gruyter Press.
    • Johanson, Donald C. (1996). Face-to-face with Lucy's family. National Geographic Magazine, Volume 189, Issue 3, pages 96-117.
    • Johanson, Donald C. and Kevin O'Farrell (1990) Journey from the Dawn: Life with the World's First Family. New York: Random House.
    • Kimbel, William H. and Lawrence B. Martin, Editors (1993) Species, Species Concepts, and Primate Evolution. New York: Plenum Press.
    • Kimbel, William H., Tim D. White, and Donald C. Johanson (1988) Implications of KNM-17000 for the evolution of "Robust" Australopithecus,. In Fred E. Grine, Editor, Evolutionary History of the "Robust" Australopithecines. New York: Aldine de Gruyter Press, pages 259-268.
    • Kissinger Katie (1997) All the Colors We Are: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.
    • Korsmeyer, Jerry D. (1998) Evolution and Eden: Balancing original sin and contemporary science. New York: Paulist Press.
    • Kunzig, Robert (1996) The Face of an Ancestral Child. Discover, December 1996.
    • Leakey, Meave (1995) The farthest horizon. National Geographic Magazine, Volume 188, pages 38-51.
    • Leakey, Richard and Roger Lewin (1996) The Sixth Extinction: Patterns of Life and the Future of Humankind. New York: Doubleday.
    • Lemonick, Michael D. (1994) One less missing link. Time Magazine, Volume 144, No. 14.
    • Locke, Robert (1999) The first human? Discovering Archaeology, Issue 4.
    • Lockyer, W. John (1982) Essentials of ABO-Rh grouping and compatibility testing: theoretical aspects and practical application. Boston: Bristol.
    • Marks, Jonathan (1995) Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History. New York: Aldine de Gruyter Press.
    • McKean, Kevin (1983) Reading the molecular clock. Discover, July 1983, pages 28-31.
    • Rak, Yoel (1983) The Australopithecine Face. New York: Academic Press.
    • Reletheford, John H. (1995) Genetics and modern human origins. Evolutionary Anthropology, Volume 4, Issue 2, pages 53-63.
    • Rightmire, G. Philip (1993) Variation among early Homo crania from Olduvai Gorge and the Koobi Fora region. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Volume 90, Issue 1, pages 1-34.
    • Rightmire, Philip (1990) The Evolution of Homo erectus: Comparative Anatomical Studies of an Extinct Human Species. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    • Rightmire, Philip (1996) The human cranium from Bodo, Ethiopia: evidence for speciation in the Middle Pleistocene? Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 31, pages 21-39.
    • Robins, Ashley H. (1991) Biological Perspectives on Human Pigmentation. Cambridge Studies in Biological Anthropology, No 7, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    • Shreeve, James (1994) Erectus rising. Discover, Volume 15, Issue 9, pages 80-89.
    • Shreeve, James (1995) The Neandertal peace. Discover, September 1995.
    • Shreeve, James (1996) The Neanderthal Enigma: Solving the Mystery of Modern Human Origins. New York: William Morrow and Co.
    • Sinden, Richard (1994) DNA structure and function. San Diego: Academic Press.
    • Smith, A.B. (1994) Systematics and the Fossil Record. Cambridge: Blackwell.
    • Tattersall, Ian (1986) Species recognition in human paleontology. Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 15, pages 165-175.
    • Tobias, Philip V. (1968) The Cranium and Maxillary Dentition of Australopithecus (Zinjanthropus) boisei. Olduvai Gorge. Vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    • Trinkaus, Erik and Pat Shipman (1994) The Neandertals. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Press.
    • Walker, Alan, and Richard Leakey, Editors (1993) The Nariokotome Homo erectus skeleton. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
    • Williams, George C. (1996) Adaptation and Natural Selection. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
    • Wong, Kate (1998) Ancestral quandary: Neanderthals not our ancestors? Not so fast. Scientific American, January 1998.
    • Wong, Kate (2000) Global Positioning: New fossils revise the time when humans colonized the earth. Scientific American, August 2000.
    • Wood, Bernard A. (1991) Koobi Fora Research Project. Volume 4: Hominid Cranial Remains. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
    • Wood, Bernard A. (1992) Origin and evolution of the genus Homo. Nature, Volume 355, pages 783-790
    • Woodruff, Ronny C. and James N. Thompson (1998) Mutation and Evolution. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishing.

  • Lineages Resources: Web Sites

    • Evolution and Psychology: Links
       This is a link page to primary sources investigating the evolution of the brain, the evolution of signs and language, the evolution of consciousness, group selection, sociality and evolution, and evolution and affect. The articles require a 10th grade or higher reading level.
    • Evolution Research News
       EVOLUTION RESEARCH NEWS is a tool for academic research in natural selection, origin of life, phylogenetics, and all other aspects of evolutionary biology.
    • Fossil DNA proves Neanderthals were not ancestors of humans
       This article provides an introductory level overview of the DNA evidence taken from fossil Neanderthal bones.
    • Fossil Hominids: Type Specimens
       This page gives information on fossils chosen as their species type, as well as pictures.
    • How Humans Evolved
       This is an evolution textbook online with links and some nice visuals.
    • Human Evolution Education Network
       This is a resource page for teachers and scientists. It provides links to a newsletter, bibliographies, educational resources, and museums.
    • Journey into Phylogenetic Systematics
       Explores the ways that biologists reconstruct the pattern of events that have led to the distribution and diversity of life.
    • National Center for Science Education
       National Center for Science Education, Inc. is a nonprofit, tax-exempt membership organization working to defend the teaching of evolution against sectarian attack. We are a nationally-recognized clearinghouse for information and advice to keep evolution in the science classroom and "scientific creationism" out. While there are organizations that oppose "scientific creationism" as part of their general goals (such as good science education, or separation of church and state), NCSE is the only national organization that specializes in this issue.
    • National Science Education Standards
    • Phyltree: Phylogeny and Reconstructing Phylogenetic Trees
       Describes the problem of reconstructing phylogenetic trees with the help of a java applet.
    • Prominent Hominid Fossils
       This site contains fossil pictures and information, as well as links to more information on hominid species.
    • Promoting Bioscience Literacy
    • The Human Origins Program
       This Smithsonian Institution program works to enhance scientific knowledge and public awareness of human evolutionary history.
    • The Long Foreground: Human Prehistory
       This site, from Washington State University's World Civilization course, provides an easily understood, visually interesting introduction to human evolution, the hominid species timeline, and human physical characteristics.
    • The MCC Hominid Journey
       This site, hosted by Mesa Community College Anthropology Department, provides a timeline of hominid development that can be explored.
    • The Tree of Life
       The Tree of Life is a project designed to contain information about phylogenetic relationships and characteristics of organisms, to illustrate the diversity and unity of living organisms, and to link biological information available on the Internet in the form of a phylogenetic navigator.
    • The Way We Were: The Path of Human Evolution
       A summary overview of human evolution using cartoons and personal perspectives.