Chapter 6

MCQ's

Weblinks

6.0 A Changing family tree

Institute of human origins- excellent gateway site
The family tree
http://www.macroevolution.net/human-evolution-chart.html#.UEuhHa7LmPQ
Debates and theories
http://www.modernhumanorigins.com/
An excellent blog covering evolution issues
http://johnhawks.net/
The Max Planck Institute homepage for human evolution is
http://www.eva.mpg.de/evolution/index.htm
Originsnet provides a really useful starting point for this topic
www.originsnet.org/home.html
As does the University of Southampton site
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~drus105/caho/index.html

6.1 How did humans evolve?

Excellent set of tutorials on evolution
http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/biological.htm
Lecture notes on evolution
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~bramblet/ant301/lectures.html
Useful blog site with many catalogued links
http://www.cyberpursuits.com/anthro/physical.asp
Evolution in Africa
http://www.indiana.edu/~origins/
Australopithecus sediba discovery
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908104159.htm
Koobi Fora including field blog
http://www.kfrp.com/
Becoming Human documentary
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/becoming-human.html#becoming-human-part-1

6.3 Out of Africa I: Homo erectus and contemporary species

Becoming Human part 2: Turkana Boy
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/becoming-human.html#becoming-human-part-2
Earliest humans in Britain
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/projects/featured_project_happisburgh.aspx
Early Humans in Europe- A German Museum site (in English)
http://www.lda-lsa.de/en/state_museum_of_prehistory/permanent_exhibition/paleolithic_period/#c1289

6.4 Ice Age adaptation- the Neanderthals.

TED talk on neanderthals and AMH
http://www.ted.com/talks/svante_paeaebo_dna_clues_to_our_inner_neanderthal.html
Neanderthal museum Krapina
www.krapina.co

6.5 Anatomically Modern Humans

Czech website interpreting many palaeolithic sites and materials
http://www.anthropark.wz.cz/aagalery.htm
MitochondrialEve
http://www.dnalc.org/view/15165-Mitochondrial-Eve-Mark-Stoneking.html
Becoming Human documentary
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/becoming-human.html#becoming-human-part-3
AMH dispersal- out of Africa 2
http://www.ahobproject.org/
An academic discussion of the application of Y chromosome research is at:
http://www.le.ac.uk/genetics/maj4/JoblingTS.03.NRG.Review.pdf
http://hpgl.stanford.edu/publications/Science_2000_v290_p1155.pdf
Haplogroup maps are at:
http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/~mcdonald/WorldHaplogroupsMaps.pdf
A chromosome distribution map is at:
http://www.dnaheritage.com/ysnptree.asp
The genographic project:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/t/the_genographic_project.htm
A website with useful graphics on the spread of humans is at:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/
An early upper Palaeolithic cave site in Turkey is at:
http://web.arizona.edu/~hatayup/
A range of useful European Palaeolithic resources are at:
http://donsmaps.com/index.html - sites
Zinken provides a wide range of links at:
http://zinken.typepad.com/palaeo/
An overview of Palaeolithic lithic assemblages is at:
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakh/forskning/sarc/iakh/lithic/sarc.html

6.6 Was there a 'Creative Explosion'?

Robert Bednarik's paper on beads is at:
http://www.semioticon.com/frontline/bednarik.htm
Boxgrove
http://matt.pope.users.btopenworld.com/boxgrove/boxhome.htm
Dolni Vestonice- one of many excellent palaeolithic resources from this website
http://donsmaps.com/mammothcamp.html
One of many enthusiast sites dealing with palaeolithic technology
http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/34435/My-first-atlatl#.T-M371KJ3To
Portable Art- The swimming reindeer
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/s/swimming_reindeer.aspx