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About.com: Education > Biology > Evolution, and Education > Geology > Fossils, Time and Evolution.
Academic Info. An annotated educational subject directory. Go to: Sciences > Biology > Evolution.
AG EvoBio, Germany. Evolution in Biology, Culture and Society (in German).
John Alroy, Smithsonian Institution´s Department of Paleobiology: Lefalophodon: A History of Evolutionary Biology Web Site. This page is an informal guide to the history of evolutionary biology from about 1800 to about 1950.
The American Museum of Natural History, New York: Darwin. November 19, 2005 - May 29, 2006. The most in-depth exhibition ever mounted on Charles Darwin, the highly original thinker, botanist, geologist, and naturalist, and his theory of evolution. See also here (C. Driessen, Kölnische Rundschau, November 18, 2005; in German).
American Scientist (Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society):
Natural Selection for Everyone
(by Douglas Erwin, National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution, December 2006).
Articles in category:
Evolutionary Theory.
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! J. E. Armstrong and J. Jernstedt, The Botanical Society of America, St. Louis: Botanical Society of America's Statement on Evolution.
! Nicholas H. Barton (Edinburgh University), Derek E.G. Briggs (Yale University), Jonathan A. Eisen (University of California, Davis), David B. Goldstein (Duke University Medical Center), and Nipam H. Patel (University of California, Berkeley): Evolution (by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press). This textbook is designed to serve as the primary text for undergraduate courses in evolution. It differs from currently available alternatives in containing more molecular biology than is traditionally the case. Go to: Table of Contents: Some figures and tables free of charge! See: Evolution Figures: Chapter 4.
! University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley (with support provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute): Understanding Evolution. Understanding Evolution is a non-commercial, education website, teaching the science and history of evolutionary biology. Go to: What is evolution and how does it work? Detailed explanations of the mechanisms of evolution and the history of life on Earth. Excellent!
! The Museum of Paleontology (UCMP), University of California, Berkeley
(with support provided by the National
Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute:
Understanding Evolution - your one-stop choice for information on evolution.
Understanding Evolution is a non-commercial, education website, teaching the science and history of
evolutionary biology. This site is here to help you understand what evolution is, how it works, how it factors into your life,
how research in evolutionary biology is performed, and how ideas in this area have changed over time. You may better navigate from
here.
Excellent!
Go to:
What is evolution and how does it work?
Detailed explanations of the mechanisms of evolution and the history of life on Earth.
Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley: A history of evolutionary thought. Biographies of some of the key players in evolutionary thought over the last 300 years.
! BiologyBrowser (produced by Thomson Scientific). This is a free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community. Go to: Subject > Evolution and Adaptation.
Biology Online. Information in the Life Sciences. Go to: Tutorials > Genetics and Evolution.
Charles Blinderman, and David Joyce, Clark University: The Huxley File. Thomas Henry Huxley's publications. The English biologist has been occasionally named "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
! Martin Brändle and Engelbert Zass, Informationszentrum Chemie Biologie, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH): Links > Chemie & Biologie > Evolution > Pflanzen, and Evolution > Allgemein (in German). A link directory.
Alison Campbell, Penelope Cooke, Kathrin Cass and Kerry Earl, School for Science and Engineering, The University of Waikato, New Zealand: Evolution for teaching. This website has been developed to provide a web based resource for use by secondary teachers, especially in the science fields of evolution and geological time. Go to: Frequently Asked Questions. See also: Plant Evolution, and The Evolution of Life. Information about the evolution of life on Earth. Go to: Glossary.
! Miguel Chavez: The Unofficial Stephen Jay Gould Archive. Access to many articles and books, e.g. via Library, and Books. Excellent!
Richard L. Coren, Electrical and computer engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia (hosted by BioMedNet Ltd): The Global View of Evolution.
Richard Cowen, Department of Geology, University of California, Davis: Studying Evolution. Mini-essays and sub-sections concerning evolution.
Peter R. Crane, Else Marie Friis, and William G. Chaloner (2010): Darwin and the Evolution of Flowers. PDF file, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 365: 347-350. See also here.
Charles Darwin, 1859: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: John Murray. 502 pp. Available from Project Gutenberg.
Deutschlandradio (a German broadcasting channel):
Vom Vergrößerungsglas bis zu lebenden Schildkröten.
(by Max Boehnel, November 18, 2005; in German).
The big Darwin exhibition, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Tom DeVries, Vashon Island School District, Vashon, WA: Evolution in the News. A collection of some evolution stories on a teacher's web site.
Ezequiel A. Di Paolo, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex Brighton, UK: Artificial Life Bibliography of On-line Publications. This is a list of on-line publications actually related to the field of artificial Life. Most of the papers listed here have been or will be published in some form. On-line versions may often differ from printed versions. Go to: Evolutionary Biology.
Funded by the National Science Foundation and hosted by Indiana University: ENSIWEB - Evolution and Nature of Science. ENSIWEB is a collection of classroom lessons to help biology teachers more effectively teach basic concepts in the areas of evolution and the nature of science. See the EVOLUTION LESSONS.
European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB): The objectives of the ESEB are to support the study of organic evolution and the integration of those scientific fields that are concerned with evolution: molecular and microbial evolution, behaviour, genetics, ecology, life histories, development, paleontology, systematics and morphology.
Evolution (Blackwell, published for the Society for the Study of Evolution). A publication devoted to the study of organic evolution and the integration of the various fields of science concerned with evolution.
Evolutionary Theory Outreach Group. An organization and large discussion group dedicated to promoting the biological sciences and evolutionary theory.
! Adam Fagen, Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Evolution (Biosciences)
FAZ-NET (Frankfurter Allgemeine, a German newspaper):
Mutter Natur? Dass ich nicht lache
(July 08, 2008, in German)
William Friedman et al., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder: Molecular and Organismal Research in Plant History, MORPH. MORPH, an NSF research coordination network, fosters cross-disciplinary interactions between organismic and molecular plant biologists studying the evolution of morphological diversity to promote a modern synthesis in plant evolutionary developmental biology. Go to: Publications.
Douglas Futuyma, Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York at Stony Brook: Natural Selection: How Evolution Works (an ActionBioscience.org original interview, American Institute of Biological Sciences).
Robert P. Gendron, Biology Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA: Evolution on the Web for Biology Students. An annotated directory.
Gould, S.J. 2002: The Structure of Evolutionary Theory. Belknap, 1464 pp., 45.90 Euro, ISBN 0-674-00613-5. Read an excerpt of this book (in PDF format). See also: The Stephen Jay Gould Archive. Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was among the best known and widely read scientists of the late 20th century.
Green Plant Phylogeny Research Coordination Group. Understanding the Diversity of Plants. The purpose of the "Green Plant Phylogeny Research Coordination Group" is to facilitate or initiate interaction between distinct research groups that have independent foci yet entail some aspect of green plant phylogeny or systematics. Visit the Phylogenetics Resources.
The Guardian, UK (Guardian Unlimited):
How Darwin won the evolution race
(by Robin McKie, June 22, 2008).
Blogging Darwin.
The Origin of Species: Over 149 years, Darwin's theory of evolution has
withstood attacks far better than many other scientific theories
(by Adam Rutherford, February 09, 2008).
Ken Harding, Evolution Education Resource Center (a Paleo Ring site): Evolution for beginners.
Colin Harris, UK:
Geology Shop.
A link directory (introductory website slow loading), comprising over 70 individual web pages. Go to:
Evolution and the fossil record.
! Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University: Biology Links, Evolution.
The International Willi Hennig Society: Courses in Systematics and Phylogeny from around the world. World-wide teaching in cladistics.
! U. Kutschera, Institut für Biologie, Universität Kassel, Germany, and K.J. Niklas, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY: The modern theory of biological evolution: an expanded synthesis. PDF file, 2004, Naturwissenschafen, 91: 255-276.
U. Kutschera, Institut für Biologie, Universität Kassel, Germany: A comparative analysis of the Darwin-Wallace papers and the development of the concept of natural selection. PDF file, 2 MB. (2003), Theory Biosci. 122, 343 - 359.
Carlos Lara-Moreno: Population Biology, Evolution & Biomath Educational Index. Internet guide to education-oriented resources for population genetics, population ecology, evolution, and biomathematics.
Reinhold Leinfelder,
Museum of Natural History at the Humboldt-University Berlin:
DARWIN.
Er hat sogar aus dem Staubwischen
eine Wissenschaft gemacht!
Interview with Reinhold Leinfelder
(Berliner Zeitung, February 2009, by
Lilo Berg and Frank Junghähnel;
in German).
Estelle Levetin and Karen McMahon, University of Tulsa (McGraw-Hill Companies): Plants and Society. McGraw-Hill has worked to create a variety of tools and resources to accompany the third edition. Go to: Web Links, Chapter 8: Plant Systematics and Evolution.
Georgy S. Levit, Kay Meister and Uwe Hoßfeld (2008): Alternative evolutionary theories: A historical survey. J. Bioecon, 10: 71–96.
The Natural History Museum, London: Nature online, Evolution.
Wayne P. Maddison & David R. Maddison: Mesquite. Mesquite is software for evolutionary biology, designed to help biologists analyze comparative data about organisms.
Brenda Maddox, Times Online: The whole world in his hand Book review: THE RICHNESS OF LIFE by Stephen Jay Gould, 646 pp
Axel Meyer, Die Zeit, Germany: The master of why - Ernst Mayr. An obituary, in German. See also here (Christian Schwägerl, FAZ).
! Jon D. Miller, Eugenie C. Scott, and Shinji Okamoto (2006):
Public
Acceptance of Evolution. "The acceptance of evolution is lower in the
United States than in Japan or Europe, largely
because of widespread fundamentalism and the
politicization of science in the United States".
PDF file, Science, 313: 766.
See also
here.
Laurence A. Moran, Dept. of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. See also here. Go to: What Is Evolution? See also here.
Sebastian Molnar, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Evolution and the Origins of Life. A directory of introductions concerning evolution.
R. Monastersky, The Chronicle of Higher Education: Fossils vs. the Formula, When Physicists Tried to Explain Evolution, Biologists Cried Foul.
MORPH (supported by the National Science Foundation, website hosted by University of Colorado, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology). A research coordination network to promote a modern synthesis in plant evolutionary developmental biology. The MORPH RCN fosters cross-disciplinary interactions between organismic and molecular plant biologists studying the evolution of morphological diversity. Go to: Grants, and Symposia.
The National Academies: The National Academies perform an unparalleled public service by bringing together committees of experts in all areas of scientific and technological endeavor. Go to: Evolution Resources From the National Academies. This Web page is designed to provide easy access to books, position statements, and additional resources on evolution education and research.
National Center for Science Education (NCSE), Oakland, CA:
NCSE provides information dedicated to keeping
evolution in the science claasroom and creationism out.
Journals celebrating
the Darwin anniversaries
(February 27th, 2009).
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, February 16, 2005: How perfect are adaptions? About pan-adaptionism (in German).
The New York Times (registration procedure might be required):
From a Few Genes,
Life’s Myriad Shapes
(by CAROL KAESUK YOON, June 26, 2007).
Daniel Nickrent, Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois: Links to Systematics and Evolutionary Biology Web Sites.
Dan Nickrent and Karen Renzaglia, Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale: Land Plants Online. The goal for LPO is to bring together, from a variety of disciplines, the available information on evolutionary relationships in land plants.
! Dennis O'Neil, Behavioral Sciences Department, Palomar College, San Marcos, California:
Early Theories of Evolution.
17th-19th Century Discoveries that Led to
the Acceptance of Biological Evolution. Go to:
Evidence of Evolution,
Synthetic Theory of Evolution.
An introduction to modern evolutionary concepts and theories. See also:
The Basic Principles of Genetics.
An introduction to Mendelian Genetics.
Kevin Padian, Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley: Darwin's enduring legacy. Nature 451 (2008): 632-634.
! Panda´s Thumb: Links.
W.-E. Reif, T. Junker & U. Hoßfeld (don't take Thomas Junker for Reinhard Junker, an opponent of evolution sciences): The Synthetic Theory of Evolution: General Problems and the German Contribution to the Synthesis. PDF file, Theory Biosci. (2000) 119: 41-91. Website hosted by AG Evolutionsbiologie im Verband deutscher Biologen (VdBiol).
James L. Reveal, Paul J. Bottino and Charles F. Delwiche, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland: The 1858 Darwin-Wallace Paper.
! Science magazine (published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, with assistance of Stanford University's HighWire Press. Go To: Science Collections, Botany, or Paleontology, or Evolution.
! Michon Scott, Strange Science. Go to: Biographies. Biographies of some of the people whose work has led to what we know today in palaeontology and evolution.
Eugenie Scott, National Center for Science Education, BioForum, Access Excellence: Evolution.
Moderator: Eugenie Scott, (National Center for Science Education), Access Excellance, BioForum 2: Evolution. BioForum is a series of lectures, presented by California Academy of Sciences, in which scientists share their research results with high school biology teachers.
D.H. Scott (1909): Darwin and Modern Science: The Palaeontological Record: Plants. In: A.C. Seward (ed.): Darwin and Modern Science (provided by SJG Archive).
Charles H. Smith, Western Kentucky University: The Alfred Russel Wallace Page. Wallace is recognized as one of history's most important naturalists (as the "other man") in the development of the theory of natural selection. Full-text of some of Wallace's published writings and full-text of some interviews Wallace gave.
! Stanley C. Spencer, SA Associates, Inc., Riverside, CA: Evolution Research News. An extensive resource site. Evolution Research News is a tool for biologists, students, and teachers, covering start-points for evolution topics, current bestseller lists and online journals relating to evolution, as well as aspects of Darwinism, Creationism, Intelligent Design (ID), and associated controversies.
The Talk.Origins Archive: Talk.origins is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to the discussion and debate of biological and physical origins. This archive is a collection of articles and essays, most of which have appeared in talk.origins.
! Bruce H. Tiffney, UC Santa Barbara: What is Science? Tracking the course of evolution.
Walther Umstätter, Institute for Library Science, Humboldt University Berlin: Die Wissenschaftlichkeit im Darwinismus (in German). Naturw. Rundsch., 21 (9), Beil.: Biologie Heute p. 4-6; 1990.
AG Evolutionsbiologie, Verband deutscher Biologen (VdBiol): Ernst Mayr, Curriculum Vitae. See also here (articles; E. Mayr died at the age of 100), and there (obituaries, partly in German).
Volkswagenstiftung, Germany (website by www.uni-protokolle.de): Evolutionsbiologie in Deutschland neu verankern (in German). A new initiative about evolution biology.
WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, and Clear Blue Sky Productions, Inc. (PPS): Evolution. "Evolution-Deep Time" uses Flash animations in a timeline bar to summarize significant events in geologic history. Pass your cursor over an event and an image and accompanying description appear. To get to this section, click on "skip intro" located on the upper right hand portion of the page. Better navigating from the site map. See also "About the Evolution TV Series". Watch show preview in QuickTime or RealPlayer.
! Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Evolutionary biology, for example
Punctuated equilibrium.
Also worth checking out:
The German Wikipedia:
Evolution, e.g.
Punktualismus.
! Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Evolutionary history of plants, and Timeline of plant evolution.
www.evolutionswissenschaft.de (in German).
YAHOO: Science > Biology > Evolution.
! Chemistry Biology Information Center,
ETH, Zürich:
Links > Chemistry & Biology >
Evolution, and
Links > Chemistry & Biology > Evolution >
Plants.
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