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Jeffrey Bell and David Wood, Biology Department, California State University, Chico: Evolution Theory. Lecture notes.

Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA: Welcome to the Evolution Wing. Explore the theory of evolution and learn about the history of evolutionary thought.

The Museum of Paleontology (UCMP), University of California at Berkeley: Paleontology Without Walls. Introduction to the UCMP Virtual Exhibits. Go to: ENTER EVOLUTION: Theory and History, or The Phylogeny of Life. The ancestor/descendant relationships which connect all organisms that have ever lived.

britannica Online: Evolution. Britannica Online contains at least 10 items relevant to this query.

britannica.com: community ecology, Evolution of the biosphere. See also: plant, Evolution and paleobotany.

California Wild: Between Extinctions. an interview with Niles Eldredge (1998).

Sean Carrington, Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Barbados: THE PLANT KINGDOM. An introduction to the world of plants from an evolutionary perspective. Now complete!

Philippe Choler, Laboratoire de Biologie des Populations d'Altitude, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble: Biologie Evolutive Végétale. Concepts and methods in evolutionary biology (in French). Navigate from "Plan du cours" (access to about 335 slides). Go to: Quelle est l’origine des Angiospermes? Worth checking out: Les concepts et méthodes de la biologie évolutionniste.

Chris Colby, The Talk.Origins Archive: Introduction to Evolutionary Biology, Version 2.

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton: Biology 606. Current Problems in Systematics and Evolution. Lecture reports.

Niles Eldredge, HMS Beagle (biomednet): The Pattern of Evolution Featured essay with permission of W.H. Freeman and Company. Log in procedure necessary.

Wesley Elsberry, The Talk Origins Archive: Punctuated Equilibria. Eldredge´s and Gould´s theory.

Michael J. Farabee, Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, Arizona, On-Line Biology Book: DEVELOPMENT OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY, and THE MODERN VIEW OF EVOLUTION.

David H. A. Fitch, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY: Evolution at NYU. These pages are designed as reference supplements to the course on evolution. The pages are organized by topic, not necessarily by lecture. You can use the syllabus to navigate to specific pages containing relevant lecture notes, exercises and simulations, e.g. on Darwin, adaptation, evolutionary genetics, speciation, systematics, history of diversity, biogeography, origins of novelty, molecular evolution, coevolution, and human issues.

Homepage Stephen Jay Gould. Lots of S.J. Gould links concerning evolution.

Laurence Hurst, University of Bath: The darling of the masses. From New Scientist, 06 June 1998. With WWW link recomandations.

David Jablonski, Michael J. Benton, Robert A. Gastaldo, Charles R. Marshall, and J. John Sepkoski, Jr. (Paleo21): Macroevolution in the 21st Century.

M. Alan Kazlev, Kheper website, Australia: Evolution, Different Evolutionary Hypotheses, and Evolution. Go to: Biological Evolution.

Michael Knee, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University: General Plant Biology, Horticulture and Crop Science 300, Online Resources. Go to: ANTHOPHYTA I, Evolution of flowering plants, and Plant Evolution, or Evolution.

Edward Lipson, Physics Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY: Science for the 21 Century, Lecture 21 — Evolution 1, Lecture 22 — Evolution 2, or Lecture 23 — Evolution 3. Lecture slides.

Gary F. McCracken, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Evolution. Lecture notes.

Andrew MacRae, Talk.Origins Archive: Radiometric Dating and the Geological Time Scale Circular Reasoning or Reliable Tools? Talk.origins is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to the discussion and debate of biological and physical origins.

Keith B. Miller, Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS: Taxonomy, Transitional Forms, and the Fossil Record.

The National Academy of Sciences(NAS): Teaching about Evolution and THE Nature of Science. These contributions may help teachers introduce the concepts of evolution, particularly if they are reluctant to teach the topic because of pressures from special-interest groups.

NATURE, Nature Debates: Andrew Smith, Department of Palaeontology, the Natural History Museum, London: Is the fossil record adequate? This debate introduces the topic and the conflicting viewpoints that surround it.

Dennis O'Neil, Palomar College, San Marcos, California: The Basic Principles of Genetics. An introduction to Mendelian Genetics.

Dennis O'Neil, Palomar College, San Marcos, California: Early Theories of Evolution, and Synthetic Theory of Evolution. An introduction to late 20th Century evolutionary concepts and theories.

Kathleen B. Pigg, Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University: Plant Fossils and Evolution. The objective of this course is to give an overview of the importance of the fossil record to our current understanding of plant evolution. Navigate from the Syllabus page, go to the table of contents below in the "REVISED LABORATORY SCHEDULE".

Donald R. Prothero, Department of Geology, Occidental College, Los Angeles: PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM AT TWENTY: A PALEONTOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. A historical overview. From Skeptic Magazine vol. 1, no. 3, Fall 1992, pp. 38-47 (The Skeptics Society, Altadena, CA). Comprises chapters like "The Birth of Punk Eek", "Stasis, Landscapes, and Polyhedra", "Species Sorting and Macroevolution", etc. Explore the excellent Bibliography.

BookRags Inc.: BookRags was launched with the idea to create a web site providing classic literature study guides entirely free for students. Interesting in terms of science history. Go to: A.C. Seward (1909!), Darwin and Modern Science. See: D.H. Scott, The Palaeonotological record, Plants.

J. William Schopf, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, the Molecular Biology Institute, and the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP), University of California, Los Angeles: Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils. Go to: Chapter 1: Darwin's Dilemma, and Chapter 2: Birth of a New Field of Science. Sample chapters, provided by Princetown University Press. Sample chapters actually have been mounted for professors' convenience in evaluating books for class use.

Michon Scott: Biographies. Biographies of some of the people whose work has led to what we know today in palaeontology and evolution.

Susan M. Scott, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, CA: Speciation and Macroevolution. An introduction. See also More Links to Interesting Web Pages on Evolution.

Peter von Sengbusch, Institute of Botany, University of Hamburg: Evolution: Überblick und offene Probleme. C. DARWIN und seine Selektionstheorie. Part of "Botanik online" (in German).

Paul K. Strother, Weston Observatory of Boston College, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Weston: Origin and Evolution of Life on Planet Earth. This course is being designed to use the www in lieu of a textbook. To use this website most effectively, go to the lecture notes and click on a specific lecture topic. This will bring up lecture notes or a content outline (if available) and additional www links to specific topics covered in the course lecture.

Ellen Thomas, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut: Biological Diversity and Evolution through Time. Lecture notes ("notes") and palaeontological links.

E.O. Wilson , Frank B. Baird, Jr., Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Current State of Biological Diversity. The excerpt from chapter one of Edward O. Wilson's book Biodiversity.

Mark V. H. Wilson & Curtis Strobeck, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton: Biology 321. Mechanisms of Evolution. Lecture notes.

The Working Group on Teaching Evolution under the Council of the National Academy of Sciences: Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science. The Working Group consists of 13 scientists and educators who have been extensively involved in research and education on evolution and related scientific subjects. The group worked closely with teachers, school administrators, state officials, and others in preparing this publication, soliciting suggestions for what would be most useful, and responding to comments on draft materials.

World Resources Institute, Washington, DC: A History of Extinction, Species Extinctions: Causes and Consequences, and Extinction-Prone Groups of Species. The World Resources Institute used information and knowledge as tools to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth´s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.

Mark P. Widrlechner, Laura C. Merrick and Donald N. Duvick, Agronomy Department, Iowa State University, Ames: Agronomy 523, Plant Genetic Resource Management. This is a graduate level course designed to impart an understanding and an appreciation of the principles and practices of in situ and ex situ plant genetic resource management. Go to: Plant Systematics and Evolution, Major philosophies of systematics. An Introduction to phenetic ("the organization of data on the basis of similarity for the purpose of obtaining a classification") and phylogenetic systematics ("classification systems which arrange natural groups of plants in an evolutionary sequence proceeding from the simplest to the most complex").

Udo Zindel and Detlef Clas, Südwestrundfunk 2: Erdzeit - Wie die Welt wurde, was sie ist. Netzwerk ohne Grenzen: Das Zusammenspiel der Arten. Easy-to-understand real audio file, online-script and references (in German). Script also available via e-mail.