ANTH 555 Paleoanthropology

Brings together interactive multimedia, research and scholarship to promote greater understanding of the course of human evolution. Created by the Institute of Human Origins in 2000. Hosted by Arizona State University. Includes classroom materials, games and activities, and interactive documentaries. Includes bibliographies of resources in fossil evidence, anatomy, lineages, and culture.

‘What does it mean to be human?’ is the theme of the Human Origins Initiative of the Smithsonian Institution. Their goal is to explore human origins, expand public understanding of human evolution, and to stimulate pioneering research. The website is dedicated to providing the latest findings and and information about the scientific exploration of human origins. Includes 3D collection of fossil casts, interactive timeline on human evolution, information on genetics, dating, and behavior.

Online videos, web activities, interviews, documents, images, and links to web resources on all facets of human evolution.

Descriptions, maps, and slideshows of fossil hominid sites in Tanzania, South Africa, and Ethiopia.

Permanent exhibit at the Yale Peabody Museum on fossil evidence for human evolution. Includes detailed information on fossils and timeline of evolution.

Provides overview of the study of human evolution and of currently accepted fossil evidence. Includes a timeline, an extensive list of hominid fossils with descriptions and photos, and a list of type specimens. Part of TalkOrigins archive.

Includes Human Evolution Timeline with a description of how each hominid falls into timeline with graphic recreations of actual fossils, the Hall of Skulls of hominid fossils, and a list of links to human evolution and archaeology websites.

Images and descriptions of hominid footprints found at Laetoli.

Ethiopian site of early hominid, Ardipithecus. Site maintains database fo fossils found at site. To see all of hominid fossils, choose "Hominidae" for the field called "Family" and hit search. Includes bones from Homo erectus and Ardipithecus. Berkeley.

Extensive list of important hominid fossils with descriptions, site information, and photos. Part of TalkOrigins archive.

Natural History Museum, London. Side-by-side comparison of skulls of chimpanzees, modern humans, and select extinct hominids.

UT Austin, Dept. of Anthropology. Collaborative website with data about important fossil localities. Browse fossil digital library. Includes timeline, maps, photos, and descriptive information.

UT Austin, Dept. of Anthropology. Focuses on the Australopthicus afrarensis fossil, Lucy. View individual bones from Lucy and compare them to the anatomy of chimpanzees and modern humans.

Smithonsian Institution. Extensive 3D collection of hominid fossil casts. Rotate the fossils to view from any angle. Each specimen includes information on when and where the fossil was found.

UC at Santa Barbara, Dept. of Anthropology online 3D gallery crania of modern primate relatives and fossil ancestors of humans. Crania can be rotated 360 degrees.

UT Austin, Dept. of Anthropology. Interactive website on skeletal anatomy. View bones of both human and non-human primates.

Graphical user interface. Created by the Dept. of Anthrpology, California State University, Chico.

Academic research guide and tool for biologists, students, and teachers covering natural selection, origin of life, phylogenetics and all other aspects of evolutionary biology. Includes links to daily news, journals, books, and websites.

Collaborative effort of biologists from around the world. Provides information on biodiversity, characteristics of different groups of organisms, and their evolutionary history. Search "hominidae".