• Discusses several methods of relative and absolute dating

• Information about savanna baboons

• Considers what the study of chimpanzee hunting in Africa can tell us about early humans. If you click on the link below, it may take you to the University of Southern California Chronicle web page. Just scroll down the page to the "Chimpanzee hunting habits yield clues about early human ancestors" link and click on it. Or, just type in the address below to get to the chimp hunting web page.

• Provides an overview of the history of evolutionary theory

• Describes in detail the fundamental concepts of biological evolutionary theory

• Considers various definitions of evolution

• Discusses how evolution is viewed as a fact but evolutionary mechanisms are viewed as theories

• Discusses the modern synthesis of Darwin's ideas and genetics

• Summarizes the people who influenced the major tenets of Darwin's theory of descent with modification through natural selection

• Describes the role of chance in evolutionary theory and considers the theological implications

• Examines the genetic basis of evolutionary change

• Outlines common misconceptions about the theory of evolution and presents a rebuttal from a creationist perspective

• Discusses the Scopes ìMonkey Trialî of 1925 (evolution taught in public schools)

• Primate classification

• The list of primate taxa on this web page is more complete than that given in class. You'll have to be creative about summarizing this web page.

http://weber.u.washington.edu/~gorilla/mammalia/primates/primates.html
 
 
• Non-human primate evolution

• This web page provides an overview of nonhuman primate evolution, from the Paleocene to the Miocene. It includes physical traits and important genera/species.
 
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/chb/lectures/anthl_09.html
 
• This web page discusses possible evidence of the oldest (Miocene) ape-human ancestor in the fossil record.
 
http://www.seattletimes.com/extra/browse/html97/foss_041897.html
 
 
• Human derived traits

 
• Ten physical traits that distinguish humans from other primates are covered in this web page.
 
http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vwsu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/phychar/culture-humans-1one.html
 
• Locomotor traits that distinguish humans from other primates are covered in these web pages.
 
http://ampere.scale.uiuc.edu/anth102/foot_anatomy.html
http://ampere.scale.uiuc.edu/anth102/hip_anatomy.html
http://ampere.scale.uiuc.edu/anth102/grips.html
 
• Several hypotheses have been suggested to explain the development of those physical traits distinguishing humans from other primates. One of these is the "aquatic ape theory" (AAT), seen by many anthropologists as untenable.
 
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5168/aat_leaflet.html

• Australopithecines

• Summary of the major taxa we covered in this unit.

    http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html

 
• Summary of the major australopithecine fossil finds.


               http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/specimen.html
 
 

• Overview of Australopithecus afarensis, with mention of other early australopithecines.


               http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vwsu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/timeline/afarensis/afarensis-a.html
 
 

• Overview of Australopithecus africanus, including discovery, fossils, physical traits, brain size, tool use, and sites.


               http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vwsu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/timeline/africanus/africanus-a.html
 
 

• Overview of  the robust australopithecines, including species, physical traits, predation, and sites.


               http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vwsu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/timeline/robustus/robustus-a.html
 
 

• A series of questions and photographs allows you to evaluate the fossil remains of Lucy.


               http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8853/index.html
 
 

• Announcement of the recent australopithecine discovery at Steinheim, South Africa. This fossil is the oldest, most complete skeleton found to date.
 
http://www.wits.ac.za/press_releases/clarke.html


 

 
•  Early Homo

• Summary of Homo habilis fossils, physical traits, tool use, sites, and other information.


              http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vwsu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/timeline/habilis/habilis-a.html
 
 

• Summary of the major Homo habilis and Homo rudolfensis fossil finds.

• Describes recent discovery of the oldest stone tools at Gona, Ethiopia.

• Homo erectus

• Summary of Homo erectus fossils, physical traits, tool use, development, sites, and dispersal from Africa.
 
               http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vwsu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/timeline/erectus/erectus-a.html
 
 
• Summary of the major Homo erectus and Homo ergaster fossil finds.

Archaic Homo sapiens

• A general overview of archaic Homo sapiens.
 
http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vwsu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/
timeline/h-sapiens/h-sapiens-a.html

•  Neandertals

 
• A general overview of neandertals.

http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vwsu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/
timeline/neander/neander-a.html

 
• A discussion of neandertal ritual practices.

http://thunder.indstate.edu/~ramanank/ritual.html
 
 
• Recent discovery of an alleged neandertal-anatomically modern human hybrid
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/042599sci-human-fossil.html

• Homo sapiens sapiens

• A general overview of Homo sapiens sapiens.
 
http://www.wsu.edu:8001/vwsu/gened/learn-modules/top_longfor/
timeline/h-sapiens-sapiens/h-sapiens-sapiens-a.html


 

• Description of Chauvet Cave, a newly discovered site of Upper Paleolithic art in France.
 
http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/gvpda-d.htm