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The
On-line Evolution Exhibit of the UC-Berkeley Museum of
Paleontology
 | A site where one can find out about the theory of
evolution, the history of the theory, and the people before and
after Darwin who have been important in that history. |
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| Understanding Evolution
an Evolution Website for Teachers
| A site designed as a resource to help science
teachers teach evolution. |
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| Talk Origins.org
| The website of a Usenet newsgroup
devoted to the discussion and debate of biological and physical
origins, especially the creation/evolution debate. The archive
contains a collection of articles and essays from the newsgroup.
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| The Panda's Thumb
| A weblog for those interested in evolutionary
theory that grew out of the Usenet
talkorigins newsgroup. |
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World-of-Dawkins.com
| The unofficial website of neo-Darwinist and
evolution popluarizer, Richard Dawkins. The site
contains links to information about Dawkins and his theories as well
as to articles by him. |
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3-D Pictorial
Evidence of Human Evolution
| A website from the Anthropology department of UC Santa Barbara. This site
shows 3-D pictures of the skulls of various mammals, primates and
hominids that can be rotated for better comparison. Note: The
various skulls in the gallery take a while to download with a
dial-up connection and you need to have the free
Shockwave
plugin from Macromedia to view them. |
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| The National Center for
Science Education
| The website of a nonprofit organization dedicated
to defending the teaching of evolution in public schools. The group
provides information to teachers, parents, school boards, the press,
and others with an interest in this important issue. |
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| 'Evolution' from
the American
Association for the Advancement of Science
| The website of the organization that publishes
Science and provides science and science policy programs to
various groups. This link is to the evolution section of their
"Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion". |
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| PBS's "Evolution" the
Series
| This highly educational and interactive website
was designed to go along with and supplement the PBS series which
premiered in 2001. The site contain educational resources for
teachers and students as well as links to other evolution-related
learning resources. |
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Scientific American: 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense
| Link to an article on Scientific American.com
that appeared in the July 2002 issue. It provides a good list
of answers to standard creationist questions about and attacks on
evolutionary theory. A good place to find answers for yourself
or for others. |
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| National Science
Teacher's Association
| The website of the National Science Teachers
Association (NSTA), a group that strongly supports the position that
evolution is a major unifying concept in science and should be
included in the K-12 science education frameworks and curricula.
Furthermore, if evolution is not taught, students will not achieve
the level of scientific literacy they need. |
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| Darwin Day
| Darwin Day is February 12th, the date of Charles
Darwin's birth in the year 1809. The Darwin Day Program serves to
improve the public understanding of the evolutionary sciences and
the life and work of Charles Darwin while working to bridge the gap
between science and society. The site has information about the
program, Darwin Day events, and many links to other Darwin and
evolution related sites. |
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Missouri State House Bill 911
| Make it a law to teach "creation science" on a
parity with evolution in all K-12 classrooms in Missouri public
schools? Let's hope not! Find out about the proposed law,
which was sent to special committee on general laws in May 2004,
here. |
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| Suggested Readings on Evolution
| A list of books and articles about evolution from
the working bibliography of my dissertation. |
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