Evolution

An eclectic selection of websites devoted to the process, progress and contraversies of evolution

Synthetic theory of evolution  Website is a helpful review of all of the major evolutionary concepts and processes involved in the "Modern Synthesis"

 Phylogeny and Reconstructing Phylogenetic Trees  Interactive pages on the process of developing a phylogenetic tree and understanding how changes in species and relationships to ancestors link to the structure of such trees.  Fullest understanding of the entire site will require some math.

Understanding Evolution  From UC Berkeley, an excellent review of many topics regarding evolution.  Particularly good is the links to "Evolutin 101".

Excellent PBS site on Evolution   Part of this site includes excerpts of Darwin's thoughts about reconciling evolution and religion:  Darwin's Diary

 Talk.Origins Archive  Talk.origins is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to the discussion and debate of biological and physical origins. Most discussions in the newsgroup center on the creation/evolution controversy, but other topics of discussion include the origin of life, geology, biology, catastrophism, cosmology and theology.  This is the main portal into this site.  Here is the index.

 Biographical sketches of Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists  Useful if you wonder about the important scientific contributions and other details of the lives of the players who have done the work unified into the modern synthesis of evolutionary thought.

A Walk Through Time ... from stardust to us  This website takes you on an evolutionary journey through the approximately 4.5 billion year evolutionary history of earth., in a series of 90 panels of text and illustrations.  It is based on the original Hewlett-Packard exhibit of the same name and a book based on that exhibit. Click on the image in the upper right box on this first page to start the interactive site.

Human Evolution   An interactive chart showing human ancestors over the last 4.4 million years' time.

Han's Paleobotany Pages    A very complete site concerning the entire evolution of plants, with discussions of timing, fossil evidence and fossil reconstructions of the earliest plants.

When Did Angiosperms First Evolve?   An extensive discussion by Bruce Cornet, Ph.D of the orginis of the flowering plants with numerous illustrations and references to the botanists involved in discussions of this interesting question.  Integrates the results from molecular, morphological, ecological and geological sciences.

Evolvovision  Ray Troll's artistic comment.
An Extraordinary Moment linked from here  An Extraordinary Moment traces our human story from the big bang to our present day. It reminds us all that we are part of a very long, rich history and that each one of us contributes a unique gift to that history.