Human Origins & Evolutionary Theory

This guide contains bibliographic references and links to internet resources for human origins and evolutionary theory in anthropology.

 

Recommended Reading:

Adaptation and Human Behavior: An Anthropolotical Perspective by Lee Cronk (Editor), et al 1999

African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity by Christopher Stringer & Robin McKie 1998

Awakening Earth: Exploring the Evolution of Human Culture and Consciousness by Duane Elgin 1993

Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness by Ian Tattersall 1999

Beyond Evolution: Human Nature and the Limits of Evolutionary Explanation by Anthony O'Hear 1999

Biological Anthropology: A Synthetic Approach to Human Evolution by Noel T. Boaz & Alan J. Almquist (Contributor) 1996

The Biological Roots of Human Nature: Forging Links Between Evolution and Behavior by Timothy H. Goldsmith 1994

Bittersweet Destiny: The Stormy Evolution of Human Behavior by Del Thiessen 1996

Bones of Contention: Controversies in the Search for Human Origins by Roger Lewin 1997

Brain Waves Through Time: 12 Principles for Understanding the Evolution of the Human Brain and Man's Behavior by Robert T. Demoss 1999

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution by Steve Jones (Editor), et al 1995

Children of the Ice Age: How a Global Catastrophe Allowed Humans to Evolve by Steven M. Stanley 1998

Chimpanzee Material Culture: Implications for Human Evolution by William C. McGrew 1992

Coming Home to the Pleistocene by Paul Shepard & Florence R. Shepard (Preface) 1998

Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life by Daniel Clement Dennett 1996

Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence by Richard Wrangham & Dale Peterson 1997

Divided Labours: An Evolutionary View of Women at Work by Kingsley Browne 1999

Early Man by Paul Jordan 1999

Essentials of Biological Anthropology by Alan J. Almquist & Noel Thomas Boaz 1998

Eve Spoke: Human Language and Human Evolution by Philip Lieberman 1998

Evolution of Human Societies: From Foraging Group to Agrarian State by Allen W. Johnson & Timothy Earle 1988

Evolution of the Psyche by David H. Rosen & Michael C. Luebbert (Editors) 1999

Evolutionary Medicine by Wenda Trevathan (Editor) et al 1999

Fairweather Eden: Life Half a Million Years Ago As Revealed by the Excavations at Boxgrove by Michael Pitts & Mark Roberts 1998

The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know About Human Evolution by Ian Tattersall 1997

From Lucy to Language by Donald Johanson, et al 1996

How Humans Evolved by Robert Boyd & Joan B. Silk 1997

Human Origins: The Fossil Record by Clark Spencer Larsen 1998

Humanity's Descent: The Consequences of Ecological Instability by Richard Potts, et al 1997

The Hunting Apes: Meat Eating and the Origins of Human Behavior by Craig B. Stanford 1999

Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences by David C. Geary 1998

Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy 1999

The Neandertal Enigma: Solving the Mystery of Modern Human Origins by James Shreeve 1996

The Neanderthal Legacy: An Archaeological Perspective from Western Europe by Paul Mellars 1996

In Search of the Neanderthals: Solving the Puzzle of Human Origins by Christopher Stringer, et al 1995

The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation by Matt Ridley 1998

Paleoanthropology by Milford H. Wolpoff 1998

The Prehistory of the Mind: The Cognitive Origins of Art, Religion and Science by Steven Mithen 1996

Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Synthesis by Glenn C. Conroy 1997

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley 1995

The Spirit in the Gene: Humanity's Proud Illusion and the Laws of Nature by Reg Morrison & Lynn Margulis 1999

Stages of Human Evolution by C. Loring Brace 1994

Understanding Human Evolution by Frank E. Poirier & Jeffrey Kevin McKee 1998

The Wisdom of the Bones: In Search of Human Origins by Alan Walker & Pat Shipman (Contributor) 1997

 

 

Links:

1. COGNITION AND HISTORY: THE EVOLUTION OF INTELLIGENCE AND CULTURE

All ELSE working paper are in Adobe Acrobat Format (pdf). If your don"t have Adobe Acrobat Reader click here for further information Author: Henry Plotkin
http://ada.econ.ucl.ac.uk/papers/spinoza.htm

2. Colorado College: Human Evolution

Welcome to Human Evolution Anthropology 201 Professor Mike Hoffman Block 4, Fall 1998 Barnes 405 Colorado College Course Syllabus Paleoanthropology Glossary Instructor.
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/Dept/AN/AN201Hoffman

3. Creationist Arguments:

God - or Gorilla (1922), by Alfred McCann. New York: Devin-Adair The Theory of Evolution and the Facts of Science, 6th ed. (1943), by Harry Rimmer.
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/creatlit.html

4. European Sociobiological Society (ESS)

European Sociobiological Society (ESS) Welcome to the website of the ESS The European Sociobiological Society has the objective of serving as a forum for the study of the role of biological factors in the behaviour of animals and man, with special emphasis on
http://jurix.rechten.rug.nl/rth/ess/ess.htm

5. Evolution and Systematics

This site provides links to Internet resources on evolution, systematics, and related subjects. Most discuss evolutionary concepts and evidence from a mainstream scientific perspective.
http://members.aol.com/fostrak/paleevol.htm

6. Evolution Exhibits on Line

 

Links to Evolution Exhibits provided by the Human Evolution Education Network
http://www.natcenscied.org/muse.htm

7. Evolution Title Page

STRANGE CRITTERS Of the Deep PLANET OCEAN FISHEYE GALLERY TROLLINK FINART - RAYTROLL ' sF I N A R T - Go Species Surfin' on Click on the image to witness the evolution of a single cell into that lovable ape we call the human being.
http://www.trollart.com/EVOLUTI0N.html

8. Evolution Web Sites

 

Evolution (a course at NYU) Virtual Fly Lab (design your own fly!) How Humans Evolved (Student Resource Site) This document maintained by Robert J. Huskey Last updated on April 1, 1999.
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/evolution.html

9. Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution in China

The Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution in China Dennis A. Click on image for article discussing the Yunxian 2 specimen Links to Other Sites now on a separate page for ease of use
http://www.cruzio.com/~cscp/index.htm

10. Genetics of Essential Hypertension

Essential hypertension, or high blood pressure of unknown cause, is a very common cause of illness and death in Western Societies. Its occurrence depends on genetic makeup as well as diet and lifestyle. So far, the only documented genetic predisposition
http://www-hhmi.genetics.utah.edu/lalouel/ang-home.html

11. Human Evolution Education Network

The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) sponsors the Human Evolution Education Network(HEEN) to bring together K-12 science teachers and scientists whose expertise is human evolution.
http://www.natcenscied.org/heenhm.htm

12. Human Evolution Education Network -- Bibliographies

Human Evolution Education Network Bibliographies When teachers call the National Center for Science Education, one of their favorite questions is, "Can you recommend some good books about evolution for me to use in class?" The answer isn't always
http://natcenscied.org/heenbib.htm

13. Human Evolution Multimedia

Human Evolution: A Multimedia Guide to the Fossil Record Student Internet Edition (free to text adopters) Phillip Walker and Edward Hagen University of California, Santa Barbara.
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/anthro/humev/intro.htm

14. Human Fossils

The study of human evolution suffers from too few fossils, tunnel world view vision, powerful personalities, and too much media misinformation. This article tries to sort out the data from a creationist perspective.
http://www.probe.org/docs/hufossil.html

15. Human Origins and Evolution Homebase

What do we know about human origins and evolution in Africa? Researchers have culled information from many different fields to address this question.
http://www.indiana.edu/~origins/index.html

16. Human Origins Home Page

Created by Angela Bonet-Garcia, Tracey Cameron, Kathy DeCocq, Adam Drake, and Amber Greer on June 3, 1997. DeKalb College A Two-Year Unit of the University System of Georgia
http://dekalb.dc.peachnet.edu/~pgore/students/s97/bonetgar/home.htm

17. Institute of Human Origins

The Institute of Human Origins is a non-profit, multidisciplinary research organization, affiliated with Arizona State University, dedicated to the recovery and analysis of the fossil evidence for human evolution.
http://www.asu.edu/clas/iho/

18. Jeanne Sept's Human Evolution Links

If you want to learn more about evolution in general, and human evolution, in particular, explore evidence from comparative genetics, anatomy, and the fossil record in some of the following places.
http://www.indiana.edu/~origins/links/evolinks.html

19. Journal of Human Evolution

If you are using Netscape 3 or higher you can enable JavaScript as follows: Version 3: Choose Options|Network Preferences, choose the Languages tab, click Enable Javascript and then click OK.
http://www.academicpress.com/jhevol

20. National Center for Science Education

National Center for Science Education top page
http://www.natcenscied.org/welcome.html

21. NMNH Virtual Tour - Human Evolution

Come face-to-face with the skulls of half a dozen of our human ancestors and examine some of their remarkable handiwork, much of it found in Africa, the birthplace of humankind.
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/VirtualTour/Tour/First/Human/

22. Primate Evolution

Primate Evolution An Anthropology Curriculum for Human Prehistory (University of Washington, Dept. of Anthropology).
http://night.primate.wisc.edu/pin/evolution.html

23. The Multi-Habitat Hypothesis of Human Evolution

A new theory of human evolution
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/4314/intromhh.html

24. Theory of Options

A new explanation of human evolution and behavior.
http://www.inet.co.th/cyberclub/sgould/index.htm