Evolution

A tool for academic research in evolutionary biology and its associated controversies.

Examples of convergent evolution.

Large collection of links to biology resources on the web, including evolution science sites.

Online book for teachers provided by the National Academy of Sciences.

Smithsonian Institution's journey through five million years of human evolution.

BBC News report on study suggesting that the precision grip of early modern humans may have allowed them to triumph over Neanderthals.

Profile of Joseph Felsenstein, Professor of Genome Sciences and of Biology at the University of Washington, providing his areas of research and publications.

An artificial life software in some ways similar to C-Robots and other programming games. Every simulated creature is a virtual robot with complex input and outputs and each DNA is a program that acts on a memory cells array. Freeware.

Covers all topics on the origins of life, but focuses especially on molecular evolution and evolution in a cosmic context. Abstracts available. Journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life.