Life

KEYWORDS: biology; chemical evolution; evolution; life; phylogeny; Precambrian biology

List of Contents
Life Sciences Life Science Education Molecular and Cell Biology Genetics and Development Organisms Ecology Neurosciences Cognitive Science Psychology History of Life Origin of Life Evolution and Phylogeny Palaeobiology Dinosaurs Evolution of Brain and Behaviour

History of Life

Origin of Life
Evolution and Phylogeny
Palaeobiology
Dinosaurs
Evolution of Brain and Behaviour


I am part of the sun as my eye is part of me. That I am part of the earth my feet know perfectly, and my blood is part of the sea.

D. H. Lawrence

AAAS Board Resolution on Intelligent Design Theory
(American Ass'n for the Advancement of Science)

AAAS Evolution Resources (DoSER)

AAAS honors defenders of evolution with Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 14 Feb 2007)

Academic Info: Evolution Resources (Mike Madin)

Aetiology (Tara C. Smith)

AGI Statement on Teaching Evolution
(American Geological Institute)

-- Update on Challenges to Teaching Evolution (11-12-01)

AIBS Evolution Initiatives (American Institute of Biological Sciences)

The AIBS/NCSE Evolution List Server Network

Antievolution | The Critic's Resource

APA Council of Representatives Resolution Rejecting Intelligent Design as Scientific and Reaffirming Support for Evolutionary Theory (American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 1 Mar 2007) PDF

ASA Statement on Teaching Science and Evolution (American Sociological Association, 18 Oct 2006) PDF

ASM Statement on the Scientific Basis for Evolution (American Society for Microbiology, 24 May 2006)

Astrobiology at NASA (NASA Ames Research Center)

-- Astrobiology Roadmap

-- Astrobiology Search

Astrobiology: Exploring the Living Universe... (Astrobiology at NASA)

Astrobiology Magazine - Your Online eZine on Life in the Universe
(Helen Matsos et al., NASA)

-- European Astrobiology Magazine

Astrobiology Magazine European Edition

The Astrobiology Network: Exploring The Living Universe
(The Astrobiology Web)

The Astrobiology Primer: An Outline of General Knowledge (ed. Lucas J. Mix et al., Astrobiology 6(5):735-813, 2006; astro-ph/0610926, 31 Oct 2006)

The Astrobiology Web | Your Online Guide to the Living Universe
(SpaceRef)

BBC Education: Evolution Homepage

BC Min. of Ed. - Biology 11 and 12

Biodiversity and Conservation: A Hypertext Book (Peter J. Bryant)

Biological Evolution and the History of the Earth Are Foundations of Science (policy statement of the American Geophysical Union, adopted by Council Dec 1981, revised & reaffirmed Dec 2007)

BIOL 1114 Notes Home Page (OSU)

Biozone: Evolution (Biozone International, NZ)

BPS Statement Opposing the Teaching of Alternatives to Evolution in K-12 Science Classrooms (Biophysical Society, 5 Nov 2005) PDF

Charles Darwin And Evolution (ed. Hana R. Alberts, Forbes, 5 Feb 2009)

Congregational Study Guide for Evolution
(National Center for Science Education)

Cosmic Evolution - From Big Bang to Humankind
(Wright Center for Science Education, Tufts U)

The Darwin Digital Library (American Museum of Natural History Library, New York)

Darwin's Web Ring (Robyn A. Conder)

The Darwin World Site

DBSR Evolution Web Page (AAAS)

Earth, Life, & Time Program (UMD course, Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., et al.)

eGroups: Science: Biology: Evolution

Emily and August's Evolution Page (Emily Hanna & August E. Brunsman)

The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight: An Alphabetical Guide to the Living Universe (David J. Darling)

ENSI/SENSI: Evolution/Nat.of Sci.Home Page (ENSIweb)

Epic of Evolution: Life, the Earth, and the Cosmos
(Course 210A, Washington University in St. Louis)

Eugenie C. Scott | What Inspired You?
(Eugenie C. Scott, Spiked Online)

Eugenie Scott Toils in Defense of Evolution (Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Newsmaker Interview, Science 324(5932):1250-51, 5 Jun 2009)

Evolidaho -- Resources for Teaching Evolution

-- The Evolidaho Archives

Evollist-nh-psc

-- The Evollist-nh-psc Archives

Evo.Sphere (blog by Steve Schafersman et al., Texas Freedom Network, Houston Chronicle)

Evolution (Big Picture, Wellcome Trust, London, Jan 2007)

Evolution (Ken's Bio-Web References)

Evolution and Education (Brian Alters, NIH VideoCast of lecture, National Institute of Health, 10 May 2006) RAM

Evolution and Education (The Society for the Study of Evolution)

Evolution & Intelligent Design: Understanding Public Opinion
(Matthew C. Nisbet & Erik C. Nisbet, Geotimes, Sep 2005)

Evolution and Philosophy: A Revolution in Philosophy (Kent Van Cleave)

Evolutionary Biology Resources (Jay Pitocchelli)

Evolutionary Science and Society: Educating a New Generation (Proceedings of the American Institute of Biological Sciences/Biological Sciences Curriculum Studies Symposium, ed. Joel Cracraft & Rodger W. Bybee, National Association of Biology Teachers, Chicago, Nov 2004)

The Evolutionary Tales: Rhyme and Reason on Creation/Evolution
(Ronald L. Ecker)

EvolutionBlog (Jason Rosenhouse)

Evolution: Constant Change and Common Threads (Sean B. Carroll & David M. Kingsley, The 2005 Holiday Lectures in Science, Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

Evolution Controversy in Our Schools (Bruce Alberts, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 4 Mar 2005)

Evolution, Creationism and 'Intelligent Design' (Angela Cassidy with Emm Barnes, University of Manchester, Spring 2004) PDF

Evolution Education and the Law (NCSE)

Evolution: Education and Outreach, ed. Niles & Greg Eldredge et al. (Springer US)

The Evolution Education Institute (Michigan Scientific Evolution Education Initiative)

Evolution Education Research Centre (Brian Alters et al., Humanist Perspectives 154, Autumn 2005)

The Evolution Education Resource Center
(Ken Harding, High Ridge, Missouri)

Evolution for Everyone: How to Increase Acceptance of, Interest in, and Knowledge about Evolution (David Sloan Wilson, PLoS Biology 3(12):e364, 13 Dec 2005)

Evolution: Home (PBS, 24-7 Sep 2001)

-- Antievolutionists and the PBS Evolution Series (Wesley Elsberry)

-- WGBH Series Rebuttals (NCSE)

Evolution in Hawaii: A Supplement to Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science (Steve Olson, US National Research Council, 2004)

Evolution - Integrative Biology 160 Class Home Page (Berkeley)

The Evolutionist (ed. Oliver Curry)

Evolution: Home (PBS, 24-7 Sep 2001)

Evolution in Our Schools: What Should We Teach? (Martinez Hewlett & Ted Peters, Dialog 46(1):106-9, Spring 2006)

Evolution Issues (Actionbioscience.org)

Evolution Library (PBS Evolution)

Evolution Links (Carolyn Wells & Jamie Estill)

Evolution Links (Malpitas High School)

The Evolution Meetings 2003-2004 (AICS Research, Inc., University Park, New Mexico)

Evolution - News (The New York Times)

Evolution of Evolution - 150 Years of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" (Special Report, US National Science Foundation, 11 Feb 2009)

Evolution 101 (Understanding Evolution, UC Berkeley)

Evolution on the Front Line (American Association for the Advancement of Science)

The Evolution Page: Evolution Education in Kansas
(Wichita State University)

Evolution Research News: The Academic Guide to Evolution News and Research (Stanley C. Spencer)

Evolution Resources (The National Academies, Washington, DC)

Evolution Resources: Electronic Sources of Evolution Information
(Lisa Bowes)

Evolution resources for the public school teacher
(Colin Purrington, Swarthmore College)

The Evolution Ring (Bomis.Com)

Evolution: Second World Conference on the Future of Science
(Venice, 23 Sep 2006)

Evolution's Lonely Battle in a Georgia Classroom
(Michael Winerip, New York Times, 28 Jun 2006)

Evolution: Topic Index (Francisco Ayala)

An Evolving Creation (Jeremy Mohn)

EvoNet.org Education Resources

EvoWiki | The Evolution Education Wiki (Joe aka Steinsky et al.)

EVOWOG (Evolution Working Group, University of Alabama)

Exploring the Origin, Extent, and Future of Life: Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological Perspectives (AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion, 2003-4)

FASEB Opposes Using Science Classes to Teach Intelligent Design, Creationism, and other Non-Scientific Beliefs (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 19 Dec 2005) PDF

-- FASEB Evolution Resources

Fractals of Change: Evolution (Tom Evslin)

Frank Awbrey's Home Page (Biology 101, SDSU)

Gaia - The Living Earth (M. Alan Kazlev)

Gaia's evil twin: Is life its own worst enemy? (Peter Ward, New Scientist 2713, 17 Jun 2009)

Galápagos Education (National Science Teachers Association)

General Evolution Resources (The Explorer)

The Global View of Evolution (Richard L. Coren, HMS Beagle 57, 25 Jun 1999)

Good Science, Bad Science: Teaching Evolution in the States (Lawrence S. Lerner, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, 1 Sep 2000)

Harvard's Evolution Course (Jeremy C. Ahouse)

History of Life (Richard Cowen, UC Davis Geology)

HMNH | Hairy Museum of Natural History (Matt Celeskey & Ray Troll, Albuquerque, New Mexico)

How Did We Get Here? A Cyber Debate (NOVA Online | Odyssey of Life)

IAP Statement on the Teaching of Evolution (The InterAcademy Panel on International Issues, 21 Jun 2006) PDF

Improving Evolution Education (Kevin Padian, Geotimes, Feb 2008)

Indiana Academy of Science resolution supporting the teaching of evolution (IAS Evolution Resolution 2007-1) DOC

Inflated Impact Factors? The True Impact of Evolutionary Papers in Non-Evolutionary Journals (Erik Postma, PLoS ONE 2(10):e999, 3 Oct 2007)

Intelligent Judging -- Evolution in the Classroom and the Courtroom (George J. Annas, New England Journal of Medicine 354(21):2271-81, 25 May 2006)

The International Society for the Study of Time

-- Kronoscope: Journal for the Study of Time (Brill Academic Publishers) $

-- StudyOfTime Mailing List (Koen DePryck)

IPS Official Statement on the Ancient Age of the Earth and Universe (International Planetarium Society)

ISSR Statement on the Concept of 'Intelligent Design' (International Society for Science & Religion, Cambridge)

-- Leading science and theology scholars reject 'intelligent design' (Ekklesia, 7 Feb 2008)

The Kentucky Academy of Science Calls for Rejection of Attempts to Teach 'Intelligent Design' as a Scientific Theory (Western Kentucky University, 22 Dec 2005)

Kevin Padian: Investigating Evolution (discussion with Alan Jones, FORA.tv, San Francisco, 22 Nov 2008)

KLI Theory Lab (Thomas Klemm et al., Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research)

Laelaps (blog of Brian Switek)

Learning Evolution: Online Lessons for Students (PBS Evolution)

Life in the Universe (Europe)

Life Over Time (Field Museum of Natural History)

Life: What Exactly Is It? (Debate, HMS Beagle 57, 25 Jun 1999)

Links to Evolution, Behavior, Ecology, Biology Education, Dinosaurs, etc. (Robert P. Gendron)

The Loom: Life, Past and Future (Carl Zimmer, Corante)

The MAD Scientist Library: Evolution

A Message to the Texas State Board of Education (National Center for Science Education, 24 Mar 2009) PDF

Michigan Scientific Evolution Education Initiative (MSEEI)

Monkey See, Monkey Do (The Journal Editorial Report, PBS, 27 May 2005)

NABT Statement on Teaching Evolution
(US Nat'l Assn of Biology Teachers)

NASA Astrobiology Institute

The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap (David J. Des Marais et al., Astrobiology 3(2):219, Summer 2003)

National Conference on the Teaching of Evolution Home
(University of California , Berkeley, 5-8 Oct 2000)

-- NCTE Resource Matrix

Net Advance of Evolution (Heidi Hileman)

New Scientist Special Report on Evolution (New Scientist, London)

NPR Stories About Evolution (US National Public Radio)

NSTA Evolution Resources (US National Science Teachers Association)

NSTA Position Statement on the Teaching of Evolution

Official Evolution Statement, California Academy of Sciences
(Approved by Science Council, 28 Mar 2007)

Official GSA Statement on the Teaching of Evolution
(Genetics Society of America, 29 Sep 2000)

Oklahoma Academy of Science Statement on Science, Religion, and Teaching Evolution (2 Nov 2007) PDF

Only Clouds Exist (mod. John Conway)

On The Teaching of Evolution and Intelligent Design (Position Statement, American Phytopathological Society, 20 Sep 2005)

On the Teaching of Intelligent Design as Science: A Statement of Resolution (Position Paper, Tallahassee Scientific Society, 4 Jun 2007) RTF

Open Directory - Science: Biology: Evolution

The Origin and Evolution of Life (NASA)

Palaeoblog (Michael J. Ryan)

Penn State Astrobiology Research Center

Pharyngula (Paul Z. Myers)

The Philosophy of Science, Evolution, and Scientific Creationism
(Don Lindsay)

Polling Opinion about Evolution (Matthew Nisbet, Science and the Media, CSICOP, 1 Mar 2005)

Professor Olsen @ Large (blog by Bruce Osen, Los Angeles)

Project Steve (National Center for Science Education, Berkeley, California, 16 Feb 2003)

-- FAQs

-- Project Steve in the media

-- Steve-o-meter

Project Steve: Humorous Testing of the Scientific Attitudes Toward "Intelligent Design" (Talk Origins, 26 May 2003, updated)

The Questionable Authority (blog by Mike Dunford, University of Hawaii, Manoa)

Radio Astrobiology (Astrobiology Magazine, 27 Mar 2006)

Radio Astrobiology (Astrobiology Magazine European Edition)

Reports of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE)

Resolution of the American Fisheries Society Concerning the Teaching of Alternatives to Evolution (Sep 2007) PDF

-- Education Section of the American Fisheries Society Resolution Concerning the Teaching of Alternatives to Evolution (James R. Jackson, Jan 2007) PDF

Resources for Research and Teaching in Evolution
(American Institute of Biological Sciences)

SciCentral: Best Evolution, Anthropology, & Paleontology Online Resources

Science City - Teaching Evolution (KanCRN Collaborative Research Network)

Science, Evolution, and Creationism (Francisco J. Ayala et al., National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, 3 Jan 2008)

Science, Evolution, and Intelligent Design (Union of Concerned Scientists)

Science, Religion, and the Teaching of Evolution in Public School Science Classes (The National Council of Churches Committee on Public Education and Literacy, New York, 27 Mar 2006) PDF

Science -- Science Collections: Evolution

Society for College Science Teachers Position Statement on the Teaching of Evolution (Adopted Mar 2007) PDF

The Society for the Study of Evolution (Lawrence, Kansas)

A statement by the Royal Society on evolution, creationism and intelligent design (The Royal Society, London, 11 Apr 2006)

Statement on Evolution and Education
(American Society of Naturalists)

Statement on Science, Evolution, and Intelligent Design (Union of Concerned Scientists, 4 Sep 2007)

Statements on Evolution and Teaching Biology
(The Society for the Study of Evolution)

Stephen Jay Gould Archive, The Official (Rhonda Roland Shearer et al., Art Science Research Lab, New York)

Stephen Jay Gould Archive, The Unofficial (Miguel Chavez)

-- The Unofficial Stephen J. Gould Archive (Shirl Kennedy, ResourceShelf Resource of the Week, 22 Oct 2007)

Stranger Fruit (John M. Lynch, Arizona State University)

SVP and Education (The Society for Vertebrate Paleontology)

Tackling Evolution Challenges at Museums and Parks
(Kathryn Hansen, Geotimes, Dec 2005)

Talk.Origins (Google Usenet Portal)

The Talk.Origins Archive

-- Five Major Misconceptions about Evolution (Mark Isaak)

-- Other Web Sites

Teach Evolution and Make it Relevant (Kerry Bright, University of Montana, Missoula)

Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science
(Donald Kennedy et al., National Academy of Science)

Teaching & Learning Evolution (PBS Evolution)

Teaching Evolution (Jason R. Wiles & Anila Asghar, eds., Special Issue of McGill Journal of Education 42(2), Spring 2007)

Teaching Evolution and the Nature of Science (proceedings of conference, New York Academy of Sciences, John Hay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, 21-22 Apr 2006)

Teaching Evolution Controversy (Bob Abernethy et al., Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, 10 Jun 2005)

Teaching Evolution in a Creationist America (post by Richard R. Hake, AERA-L, 26 Jul 2007)

Teaching Evolution: Online Course for Teachers (PBS Evolution)

Teaching Evolution: A State-by-State Debate (Tara Boyle, National Public Radio, Washington, DC, 4 May 2005)

Teaching Intelligent Design vs Evolution in the Classroom. Is Intelligent Design Religion or Science? (Educational CyberPlayGround)

Teaching of Evolution (AAS Press Release, American Astronomical Society, 20 Sep 2005)

The Teaching of Evolution (NSTA Position Statement)

Teaching of Evolution and Cosmology, AAPT Statement on
(American Association of Physics Teachers, 24 Apr 2005)

Teaching the Science of Evolution (Bruce Alberts & Jay B. Labov, Cell Biology Education 3:2:75-80, Summer 2004)

Teach the Science (Profile of Eugenie Scott by Steve Mirsky, Insights, Scientific American 294:2:36-8, Feb 2006)

Texas Academy of Science Position Against the Inclusion of Creationism and Intelligent Design Concepts in the Science Curricula in Texas Schools PDF

Thank God for Evolution (Michael Dowd, 16 Nov 2007)

Theology, science and the problem of ID (Simon Barrow, Ekklesia, 2007)

Time Machine (Charlie Lu)

21st Century Science Coalition (TexasScientists.org)

UCMP Evolution (Rob Guralnick et al., UCMP)

Understanding Evolution (University of California)

-- Understanding Evolution For Teachers

Understanding the intelligent design creationist movement: Its true nature and goals (Barbara C. Forrest, Center for Inquiry, Washington, DC, 29 May 2007) PDF

Voices for Evolution (NCSE)

Voyages Through Time: A High School Integrated Science Curriculum (SETI Institute)

Voyages Through Time Project Description

Why Creationism is wrong and Evolution is right (Steve Jones, The Royal Society, London, 11 Apr 2006)

Why Evolution Is True (Jerry Allen Coyne, University of Chicago)

WikiGenes - Evolutionary Knowledge (Robert Hoffman et al.)

-- A wiki for the life sciences where authorship matters (Robert Hoffman, Nature Genetics 40(9):1047-51, 27 Aug 2008)

Yahoo! Groups - Evolution

"Young Earth Creationism", "Creation Science" and "Intelligent Design": A Statement by the Geological Society of London (Approved by Council 10 April, and published 11 April, 2008)

Zeal.com - Biology - Evolution

See also Human Evolution, Palaetiology, and Other Tales: Exobiology

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Origin of Life

Curiously, it is perfectly all right to say that life exists elsewhere in the Universe, provided it is considered to have arisen separately in each place of its existence, even though to have arisen separately would require a repetition of the same highly improbable events as on the Earth. What must not be done is to regard life in many places as manifestations of the same cosmic process. This, it seems, offends deeply against the scientific culture.

Fred Hoyle (1994)

Adenine Synthesis in Interstellar Space: Mechanisms of Prebiotic Pyrimidine-Ring Formation of Monocyclic HCN-Pentamers (Rainer Glaser et al., Astrobiology 7(3):455-470, Jun 2007) PDF

The Ancient Past, Alive (Leslie Mullen, Astrobiology Magazine, 22 Mar 2007)

The Archean Era (M. Alan Kazlev)

The Aromatic World (Interview with Pascale Ehrenfreund, Astrobiology Magazine, 15 Jun 2006)

The Astrobiology Curriculum (TERC)

The Astrobiology, Extreme Environments and Terraformation Index
(David J. Thomas)

Astrobiology Institute at Arizona State University

Astrochemistry | The Astrobiology Web

The Astrochemistry Laboratory - NASA Ames

Astrochemistry | NASA Ames Research Group (Astrochemistry Laboratory, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California)

Astronomy and Space Science Research Programme
(Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Cardiff)

Asymmetric Spatiotemporal Evolution of Prebiotic Homochirality
(Marcelo Gleiser, astro-ph/0606593, 23 Jun 2006)

Bacteria Don't Have Species (Interview with Lynn Margulis, Part III, Astrobiology Magazine, 9 Oct 2006)

Bacterial Intelligence (Interview with Lynn Margulis, Part IV, Astrobiology Magazine, 12 Oct 2006)

Before Darwin: How the earth went from lifeless to life (Eric Smith, The Scientist 22:6:32, 1 Jun 2008)

The Beginnings of Life on Earth (Christian de Duve, American Scientist 83(5):428-37, Sep-Oct 1995)

Building a Habitable Earth (Simon Mitton, Astrobiology Magazine European Edition, Spring 2007)

Building Life from Star-Stuff (Leslie Mullen, Astrobiology Magazine, 5 Sep 2005)

Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in The Universe (SETI Institute)

Cells from Scratch (Maia Szalavitz, HMS Beagle 109, 31 Aug 2001)

Cells: Origins (M. J. Farabee)

Center for Astrobiology & Early Evolution (Woodruff T. Sullivan III et al., University of Washington)

Center for the Study of Evolution & the Origin of Life (CSEOL)

CEU Systems Laboratory (John B. Corliss)

Cold Sugar in Space Provides Clue to the Molecular Origin of Life (NRAO Press Release, 20 Sep 2004)

Committee on the Origins & Evolution of Life
(U.S. National Academy of Sciences)

Constraining Scenarios for the Origin of Life: Working Backwards, Working Forwards, and Synthesizing Life in the Laboratory (Steven Benner, QCShow Author Lecture of the Week, 10 Apr 2006)

Cosmic Ancestry: The Modern Version of Panspermia (Brig Klyce)

Cosmology and the Origin of Life (Greg Bothun)

David Summers Web Page (Exobiology Branch at ARC)

Debating Life's Boundaries (The Great Alien Debate V, mod. Lynn Rothschild, Astrobiology Magazine, 21 Dec 2006)

Deconstructing Life (Interview with Dimitar Sasselov, Astrobiology Magazine, 13 Mar 2006)

The Deep, Hot Biosphere (Thomas Gold, Jul 1992)

Did Life Come from Another World? (David Warmflash & Benjamin Weiss, Scientific American 293:5:64-71, Nov 2005)

Did Life on Earth Arrive on a Comet? (BBC Science & Nature)

Directed Panspermia (F. H. C. Crick & L. E. Orgel, Icarus 19(3):341-6, Jul 1973) PDF

DNA Nucleobase Synthesis at Titan Atmosphere Analog by Soft X-rays (Sergio Pilling et al., arXiv:0906.3675v1 [astro-ph.EP], 19 Jun 2009)

ENSI/SENSI Lesson List: Origin of Life

Environmental Genomes and the Evolution of Complex Systems in Simple Organisms (Mitchell L. Sogin et al., Astrobiology at Woods Hole)

Evolution and the Origins of Life

Evolutionary Systems and Artificial Life: Lecture Notes
(SSIE580B, Luis Mateus Rocha, LANL)

Evolution of Life: A Cosmic Perspective (N. Chandra Wickramasinghe & Fred Hoyle, Actionbioscience.org, May 2001)

Evolution of Photosynthesis and Biospheric Oxygenation Contingent Upon Nitrogen Fixation? (John W. Grula, International Journal of Astrobiology 4(3/4): 251-257, Jul-Oct 2005; astro-ph/0605310, 12 May 2006)

Exobiology | The Astrobiology Web

The Exobiology Branch at ARC - Selected Research Papers

Exploring Life's Origins: A Virtual Exhibit (Museum of Science, Boston)

ExtremeEnvironment.com (Licancabur, Chile)

Extremophiles and the Physical Limits of Life on Earth... and Mars (Lynn J. Rothschild, QCShow Author Lecture of the Week, 17 Jul 2006)

Finding a Second Sample of Life on Earth (P. C. W. Davies & C. H. Lineweaver et al., Astrobiology 5(2):154-63, 6 Apr 2005)

First Life (Michael Russell, American Scientist 94(1):32-9, Jan-Feb 2006)

Fitness of the Cosmos for Life: Biochemistry and Fine-Tuning
(Harvard University, 12-13 Oct 2003)

From Protoplanets to Protolife: The Emergence and Maintenance of Life (Eric J. Gaidos & Franck Selsis, astro-ph/0602008, 1 Feb 2006)

The Gaia Hypothesis - Lovelock & Margulis - Index to Resources
(P. R. F. Brown)

Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origins (Robert M. Hazen, Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC, 2005)

Geobiology Laboratory (Stephen J. Mojzsis et al., University of Colorado, Boulder)

The Geochemical Origins of Life (Michael J. Russell & Allan J. Hall, University of Glasgow)

Geochemistry of U and Th and its Influence on the Origin and Evolution of the Crust of Earth and the Biological Evolution (Xuezhao Bao & Ali Zhang, arXiv:0706.1089 [physics.geo-ph], 7 Jun 2007, revised)

Geophysiology Online--Origins of Life (Charles Torre)

Habitat of early life: Solar X-ray and UV radiation at Earth's surface 4-3.5 billion years ago (I. Cnossen et al., astro-ph/0702529, 20 Feb 2007)

Hidden Before Our Eyes: 30 Years of Molecular Phylogeny, Archaea and Evolution (IGB Archaea Conference, University of Illinois, 3-4 Nov 2007)

-- Symposium marks 30th anniversary of discovery of third domain of life (Diana Yates, News Bureau, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 16 Oct 2007)

The Ingredients of Life (BBC Science & Nature)

Initiation of clement surface conditions on the early Earth
(Norman H. Sleep et al., PNAS 98:3666-72, 2001) PDF

Interdisciplinary Centre for Astrobiology (The Open University, UK)

International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life
(ed. Jason Dworkin)

Is This Life? (Jack Lucentini, The Scientist 20(1):30, 1 Jan 2006)

Late Archean Biospheric Oxygenation and Atmospheric Evolution (Alan J. Kaufman et al., Science 317(5846):1900-1903, 28 Sep 2007; abstract)

-- A Whiff of Oxygen Before the Great Oxidation Event? (Ariel D. Anbar et al., Science 317(5846):1903-6, 28 Sep 2007; abstract)

-- NASA Research Indicates Oxygen on Earth 2.5 Billion Years Ago (NASA News Release, Ames Research Center, 27 Sep 2007)

-- Oxygen on Earth: 50 to 100 Million Years Earlier Than Scientists Thought (NSF Press Release, 27 Sep 2007)

-- Environmental changes preceded first great rise in atmospheric oxygen (University of Maryland Press Release, 27 Sep 2007)

-- Oxygen is older than we thought (Daniel Cressey, The Great Beyond, 28 Sep 2007)

Life and the Universe (Nigel Henbest & Heather Couper, New Scientist, 18 Mar. 1989)

Life, as it was in the beginning? (John Whitfield, Nature Science Update, 17 Jan 2002)

Life from Space: An Emerging Paradigm (N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, Actionbioscience.org, May 2001)

Life in Extreme Environments | The Astrobiology Web

Life in the Universe: An Examination of United States and International Programs in Astrobiology (U.S. National Research Council, 29 Jul 2002)

Life in the Universe: WWWBoard (Robert F. Nideffer)

-- Articles (Scientific American, Oct. 1994)

Life, Life Everywhere (John Horgan, Scientific American Explorations, 25 November 1996)

Life's Far-Flung Raw Materials (Max P. Bernstein et al., Scientific American 281:1:42-9, Jul 1999

Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan - Microbial Microcosm
(In Context #34, Winter 1993)

The Meaning of Life (Carl Zimmer, Seed, Jul-Aug 2007, posted on-line 5 Sep 2007)

-- Blog reactions (Technorati)

Microbial Planet (Interview with Lynn Margulis, Part I, Astrobiology Magazine, 1 Oct 2006)

Nannobacteria Research (Mississippi State University)

NASA's Origins Program (JPL)

Nearctica - Paleontology - Precambrian and Origins of Life

New Glimpses of Life's Puzzling Origins (Nicholas Wade, New York Times, 15 Jun 2009)

No Time Like the Present: Retraction of 'Information, Reproduction and the Origin of Life' (Homer Jacobson, Letter to the Editor, American Scientist 95(6):468, Nov-Dec 2007)

-- '55 'Origin of Life' Paper Is Retracted (Cornelia Dean, New York Times, 25 Oct 2007)

NOVA | Origins, with Neil deGrasse Tyson
(PBS, 28-29 Sep 2004)

On the evolution of cells (Carl R. Woese, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99:13:8742-7, 25 Jun 2002)

On the Origins of Life and the Universe: An Afternoon with 2006 Nobel Laureates Craig Mello and John Mather (webcast, John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress, 27 Jul 2007)

The Origin and Evolution of Life (NASA)

The origin of the eukaryotic cell: a genomic investigation (Hyman Hartman & Alexei Fedorov, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99:3:1420-1425, 5 Feb 2002)

Origin of Life (Bioinformatik.de)

The Origin of Life (James Trefil et al., American Scientist 97(3):206-13, May-Jun 2009)

The Origin of Life (Jeremy Bailey, Astrobiology Australasia)

The Origin of Life (NASA Center for Computational Astrobiology)

Origin of Life (New York Center for Studies on the Origins of Life)

The Origin of Life: Abiotic Synthesis of Organic Molecules
(John W. Kimball)

The Origin of Life: The Astronomical, Chemical, and Biological Aspects (Charlie Lu)

The Origin of Life Debate - Overview
(mod. Michael Meyer, Cutting Edge, HMS Beagle 15, 5 Sep 1997)

Origin of Life, Exobiology, Astrobiology: A Page of Links and More
(NASA Ames Astrochemistry Lab)

The Origin of Life: First Steps (Toby Murcott, Astrobiology Magzine European Edition, Spring 2007)

The Origin of Life: A Page of Links and More
(Jason Dworkin, NASA Ames)

The Origin-of-Life Prize

Origin of Life Research (Mike Russell & Allan Hall, Glasgow)

Origin of Life Workshop (AAAS Resources on the Cosmos, 21-23 Feb 2003)

The Origins and Early Evolution of Life (ed. David W. Deamer)

Origins: Cosmic and Biological Evolution
(ASU Science Reference Room)

Origins Education Forum (NASA/STScI)

Origins Initiative (Lawrence Krauss, dir., et al., Arizona State University)

-- Life, the Universe, and Everything: A Conference Looks to Ultimate Origins (Review by Dan Falk of symposium on "Origins," Arizona State University, Phoenix, Apr 2009; Sky & Telescope Weekly Bulletin, 3 May 2009)

The Origins Institute (Ralph Pudritz et al., McMaster University)

Origins: Looking into Our Search for Beginnings
(Rob Semper et al., Exploratorium)

The Origins of Life (C. Joslyn, Principia Cybernetica)

Origins of Life (LPL Space Imagery Center)

The Origins of Life & the Universe: A Guide to Selected Resources (Library of Congress Science Reference Guides)

Origins of Life Initiative (Harvard University)

The Origins of Life: Prebiotic Evolution and the Precambrian Fossil Record (Alan J. Cann, Course BS109 - Microbiology, U of Leicester)

Our Special Planet: A Cradle for Life (Peter D. Ward, WGBH Forum Network, Boston, 23 Oct 2002)

Paleontology of the Ediacaran (Greg Corwin)

Panspermia Theory, according to Hoyle and Wickramasinghe
(Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe)

Panspermia: Where Did We Come From? (Emily Willingham, In Situ, HMS Beagle 108, 3 Aug 2001)

Pilbara Education Project (NASA/Macquarie University)

Planet Science: Let there be life (New Scientist)

Potential of Ozone Formation by the Smog Mechanism to shield the surface of the Early Earth from UV radiation? (John Lee Grenfell et al., astro-ph/0609219, 8 Sep 2006)

Prebiotic Homochirality as a Critical Phenomenon (Marcelo Gleiser & Joel Thorarinson, astro-ph/0601399, 18 Jan 2006)

Prebiotic Soup -- Revisiting the Miller Experiment (Jeffrey L. Bada & Antonio Lazcano, Science 300(5620):745-6, 2 May 2003)

The Precambrian (Allen G. Collins & Ben Waggoner, UCMP)

Precambrian Fossils (Art Busbey)

Primordial Stone Soup (Interview with Janet Siefert, Astrobiology Magazine, 8 Jan 2007)

A Production of Amino Acids Under Possible Primitive Earth Conditions (Stanley L. Miller, Science 117:529, 15 May 1953) PDF

Production of hydrogen peroxide in the atmosphere of a Snowball Earth and the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis (Mao-Chang Liang et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(50):18896-9, 12 Dec 2006)

ProtoCELL (Steen Rasmussen)

Protocell and Evolutionary Cell Computing Project
(Computational Intelligence Group, NASA Ames RC)

Protocell Assembly (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

The Protocell Project: Interview with Hans Ziock (Leslie Mullen, Astrobiology Magazine, 10 Sep 2007)

The quantum life (Paul Davies, Physics World, 1 Jul 2009)

Scattering Life Through the Cosmos (Paul Gilster, Centauri Dreams, 1 May 2008)

Scientists Discover Sugar in Space (NRAO Press Release, 15 Jun 2000)

The Search for Extreme Life (Julie Wakefield, Profile of Biochemist Baruch S. Blumberg, Scientific American, Jul 2000)

The Search for Life's Origins: Progress and Future Directions in Planetary Biology and Chemical Evolution (U.S. National Research Council, 1990)

Sea Vents: Where Life Began (Hannah Holmes, Discovery Online)

A Simpler Origin for Life (Robert Shapiro, In Focus, Scientific American, 12 Feb 2007; see also article in Scientific American 296:6:46-53, Jun 2007)

The Size Limits of Very Small Microorganisms (NAS, 1999)

Society for Life in Space (SOLIS) - The Interstellar Panspermia Society

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

SSB Reports Relevant to the Study of Life and Planetary Origins (Anne Simmons, U.S. National Academy of Sciences Space Studies Board)

Spontaneous Order, Evolution, and the Law of Maximum Entropy Production (Rod Swenson, University of Connecticut)

Strelley Pool Chert and Early Life (NASA EO Newsroom, Jun 2006)

Stromatolites: Earth's Earliest Life Forms from Western Australia's Pilbara Region (Hans Hofmann et al.)

The Stuff of Life (Alan Hall, Scientific American Explorations, 22 Mar 1999)

The Talk.Origins Archive: The FAQ

A thermodynamic basis for prebiotic amino acid synthesis and the nature of the first genetic code (Paul G. Higgs & Ralph E. Pudritz, arXiv:0904.0402v1 [astro-ph.EP], 2 Apr 2009)

-- arXiv blog: Why ET's genetic code could be just like ours (Technology Review, 6 Apr 2009)

The Thermosynthesis Home Page (Anthonie W. J. Muller)

The Thermosynthesis Home Page - 2

To Mars and Beyond: Search for the Origins of Life
(National Museum of Australia)

Tree of Life Web Project Root Page (David R. Maddison et al.)

True to Life? Biological Models of Origin and Evolution
(Martinez J. Hewlett, Oct 2003)

Two new papers make extraordinary claims about comets and life (ed. David Morrison, NASA Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards, 20 Aug 2007)

Uprooting the Tree of Life (Brendan A. Maher, The Scientist 16:18:26, 16 Sep 2002)

A Volcanic Jump-Start for Life? (Paul Gilster, Centauri Dreams, 22 Oct 2008)

Water of Life (John Templeton Foundation)

We Are All Microbes (Interview with Lynn Margulis, Part II, Astrobiology Magazine, 5 Oct 2006)

Were Bacteria the First Forms of Life on Earth? (Daniel Jeffares & Anthony Poole, Actionbioscience.org, Dec 2000)

What is Life? (Pam Conrad & Carol Cleland, The Great Alien Debate III, Astrobiology Magazine, 15 Dec 2006)

What is "life", again? (John S. Wilkins, Evolving Thoughts, 8 Sep 2007)

See also Other Tales: Exobiology

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Evolution and Phylogeny

It is indeed remarkable that this theory has progressively taken root in the minds of researchers following a series of discoveries made in different spheres of knowledge. The convergence, neither sought nor provoked, of results of studies undertaken independently from each other constitutes in itself a significant argument in favour of this theory.

John Paul II (22 October 1996)

Adaptationist Stories (Jeremy C. Ahouse & John R. True)

Adaptive evolution of centromere proteins in plants and animals
(Paul B. Talbert et al., Journal of Biology 3:18, 31 Aug 2004)

ALife Bibliography: Artificial Life Bibliography of On-line Publications (Ezequiel A. Di Paolo)

Aligning Multiple Genomic Sequences With the Threaded Blockset Aligner (Mathieu Blanchette et al., Genome Research 14(4):708-15, 2004)

The American Naturalist, Electronic Edition
(American Society of Naturalists)

The American Society of Naturalists

Angiosperm Phylogeny Website (P.F. Stevens)

Antievolution | The Critic's Resource

ASHG Evolution Series (American Society of Human Genetics)

The Avida Artificial Life Group Home Page
(Digital Life Lab, CalTech)

The Avida-ED Project: Technology for Teaching Evolution and the Nature of Science using Digital Organisms (Robert T. Pennock, Devolab at MSU)

Biocatalog : Molecular Evolution

Biogate Subject Listing for Evolution (Lund)

Biological Evolution (C. Joslyn & F. Heylighen, Principia Cybernetica)

Biological Sequence Analysis Group
(Nick Goldman's Group, Cambridge)

Biology:Evolution (Yahoo)

BioTech: Evolution

The "Blind Alley": Its Significance for Evolutionary Theory
(John Davison)

Breakthrough of the Year 2005: Evolution in Action (Elizabeth Culotta & Elizabeth Pennisi, Science 310(5756):1878-9, 23 Dec 2005)

BUBL LINK: 576 Genetics and evolution

Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution

Center for Systematic Biology and Evolution (The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia)

CIAR Program in Evolutionary Biology
(Canadian Institute for Advanced Research)

Clann Supertree Software (Chris Creevey)

Colin Purrington (Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania)

Colugos: obscure mammals glide into the evolutionary limelight (Robert D. Martin, Journal of Biology 7:4:13, 1 May 2008)

Computer Simulation of Biological Evolution in Structured Populations
(Agner Fog)

Considering Convergence (Interview with Simon Conway Morris, Part 1, by Simon Mitton, Radio Astrobiology, Astrobiology Magazine, 18 Jan 2007)

Convergence or Parallel Evolution? (Brian Switek, Laelaps, 6 Sep 2007)

Cornell University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

CSUBIOWEB Evolution

Darwin and Huxley revisited: the origin of allometry (Charles F. Steven, Journal of Biology 8:14, 23 Feb 2009)

Darwin@LSE (Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics)

Darwinian Time (Andrea Gawrylewski, The Scientist 23:1:26, 1 Jan 2009)

Darwinism Must Die So That Evolution May Live (Essay by Carl Safina, New York Times, 9 Feb 2009)

Darwin Still Rules, but Some Biologists Dream of a Paradigm Shift (Douglas H. Erwin, New York Times, 26 Jun 2007)

David Maddison's Home Page

Deep Time Project: A Comprehensive Phylogenetic Tree of Living and Fossil Angiosperms (Doug Soltis, Florida Museum of Natural History)

The Devolab at MSU (Charles Ofria et al., The Digital Evolution Laboratory, Michigan State University)

Diversity Revealed: From Atoms to Traits (David M. Kingsley, Scientific American 300:1:52-9, Jan 2009)

Dolphin Evolution (Zan Looney)

Doolittle Laboratory (W. Ford Doolittle et al., Dalhousie University, Halifax)

Doug's Evolution Page (Doug Theobal)

Dryad (National Evolutionary Synthesis Center)

Ebon Musings: The Evolution Pages (Adam Marczyk)

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
(Helene Engler, BIO 304, UT Austin)

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (Tulane University, New Orleans)

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research Laboratories, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Marine Biology Research Division (University of California at San Diego)

Ecology and Evolution Gopher

Elizabeth G. Boulding (UGuelph Zoology)

Elsevier's Ecology, Evolution and Environment Gateway on BioMedNet

The Emergence of Biological Complexity
(Cambridge Templeton Consortium)

The Enquist Lab (Brian Enquist et al., University of Arizona)

ENSI/SENSI Lesson List: Evolution

ERV Endogenous RetroVirus (blog, Abigail Smith)

Estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: lessons in limb lability from Australian Leristalizards (John J. Wiens, Journal of Biology 8:19, 24 Feb 2009)

European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB)

Everyone back in the pool!: From artiodactyl to cetacean (Brian Switek, Laelaps, 24 Aug 2007)

EvolDir Evolution Directory (Brian Golding, McMaster University)

Evolgen: At the convergence of evolution and genetics (RPM)

Evolution (MSU EMuseum)

Evolution (M. Alan Kazlev)

Evolution (Mankato State University, Minnesota)

Evolution (Virtual Library)

Evolution and Adaptation (John W. Kimball)

Evolution & Ecology@Nature.com

Evolution & Evolutionary Biology Web Resources
(University at Buffalo Libraries)

Evolution & Extinction (Links for Palaeobotanists)

Evolution & Medicine Network

Evolution and Phylogeny (Bioinformatik.de)

Evolution & Phylogeny (BIOSIS)

Evolution and Systematics (Glen J. Kuban)

The Evolutionary Anatomy Unit (UCL, London)

The Evolutionary Arms Race (Gail Willumsen, PBS Evolution Show 4, 26 Sep 2001)

-- Congregational Study Guide for Evolution (NCSE)

Evolutionary Biology (Sarah P. Otto, University of British Columbia)

Evolutionary Biology at UBC (Sarah P. Otto, UBC)

Evolutionary Biology of Species and Organizations (William P. Hall, III)

Evolutionary Biology Pathfinder (University at Buffalo Libraries)

Evolutionary Catastrophes and the Goldilocks Problem (Milan M. Cirkovic, arXiv:0709.2309v1 [astro-ph], 14 Sep 2007)

-- Tau Ceti: Life Amidst Catastrophe? (Paul Gilster, Centauri Dreams, 20 Sep 2007)

Evolutionary Controversies (Robyn A. Conder)

Evolutionary Ecology Research (ed. Michael L. Rosenzweig et al., University of Arizona)

Evolutionary Genetics (Jody Hey's Home Page, Rutgers)

Evolutionary Genetics, Department of, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (dir. Svante Pääbo)

Evolutionary genomics and the reach of selection (Laurence D. Hurst, Journal of Biology 8:12, 23 Feb 2009)

Evolutionary Genomics Group (DOE Joint Genome Institute)

Evolutionary Origin of the Vertebrate Immune System: Annotated Bibliography (Nick Matzke, National Center for Science Education)

Evolutionary Theory (Arthur H. Harris, Biology 3321, Laboratory for Environmental Biology)

The Evolutionary Theory Outreach Group (Thom Quinn et al.)

-- Mailing List Administrivia

Evolution as a Process (Claude A. Bramblett, Anthropology 301, UT Austin)

Evolution at NYU (David H. A. Fitch)

EvolutionBlog (Jason Rosenhouse)

Evolution Encoded (Stephen J. Freeland & Laurence D. Hurst, Scientific American 290:4:84-91, Apr 2004)

Evolution - The Evidence (Jenny Herington, LaTrobe University)

Evolution: Fact and Theory (Richard E. Lenski, Actionbioscience.org, Sep 2000)

Evolution Happens! (Donald J. Tosaw Jr.)

Evolution: Home (PBS, 24-7 Sep 2001)

Evolution Homepage (Laurence A. Moran)

Evolution in Action (Rick Groleau, The Missing Link, NOVA Online, PBS, 26 Feb 2002)

Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution
(Society for the Study of Evolution)

Evolution Issues (Actionbioscience.org)

Evolution of Biological Information (Tom Schneider, Nucleic Acids Research 28(14):2794-9, 4 Jul 2000)

The Evolution of House Cats (Carlos A. Driscoll et al., 'The Taming of the Cat,' Scientific American 300:6:68-75, Jun 2009)

The Evolution of Life (NASA Center for Computational Astrobiology)

The Evolution of Life (Ralph Greenberg, The Power of Randomness)

Evolution of life (Yannick Mahe et al., EU)

Evolution of Sex (Nature Reviews Genetics - Web Focus, Apr 2002)

Evolution of Species Tutorial (Biology Online)

Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)

Evolution of virulence in malaria (Bridget Penman & Simetra Gupta, Journal of Biology 7:22, 28 Aug 2008)

Evolution 101 Podcast (Zachary Moore, Dallas)

-- Internet Archive

Evolution on the Web for Biology Students (Robert P. Gendron)

The Evolution Project (Josh Rosenau & Rachel Robson)

Evolution Research (blog by John Latter, UK)

Evolution Resources (Kenneth R. Miller, Brown University)

Evolution Resources and Tools (Whitehead Institute, MIT)

Evolution's Arrow: The Direction of Evolution and the Future of Humanity (John Stewart, 2000)

Evolution, Science, and Society: Evolutionary Biology and the National Research Agenda (Douglas J. Futuyma et al.) PDF

Evolution, Science, and Society: A "White Paper" on Behalf of the Field of Evolutionary Biology (Douglas J. Futuyma et al.)

-- Evolutionary Biology and the National Research Agenda

Evolution: Selected Papers and Commentary (Donald R.Forsdyke)

Evolution: A Special Issue (Science News, New York Times, 26 Jun 2007)

Evolution Study Group (Dalhousie University)

Evolution Theory Web Site (Evolution Group, Turkey)

Evolution Tutorial (Science & Spirit)

Evolution: Understanding the Origin of Species and Diversity of Life (University of Alabama)

Evolution Update: The Evolution Research Center for Students and Teachers (Stanley C. Spencer)

Evolution Web Server (Cornell University)

Evolution WWW Links (Douglas J. Eernisse, Bio 404, CSU Fullerton)

Evolving Thoughts (John S. Wilkins)

EvoNet.org | A Worldwide Network for Evolutionary Biology
(San Diego Supercomputer Center)

EvoS - Evolutionary Studies Program at Binghamton University
(SUNY at Binghamton, New York)

EvoTutor

The Extinction Files (BBC Evolution Website)

Fast-Reproducing Microbes Provide a Window on Natural Selection (Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 26 Jun 2007)

-- A Feast of Bugs (Carl Zimmer, The Loom, 26 Jun 2007)

Felsenstein Lab - Joe Felsenstein's Group
(University of Washington, Seattle)

15 Evolutionary Gems (Henry Gee et al., Nature, Jan 2009) PDF

-- Editorial introduction (Nature 457:8, 1 Jan 2009)

A Fin is a Limb is a Wing (Carl Zimmer, National Geographic, Nov 2006)

-- National Geographic Gets Complex (Carl Zimmer, The Loom, 18 Nov 2006)

Frogs, Flies & Dandelions: Speciation - The Evolution of New Species (Menno Schilthuizen, Essay, HMS Beagle 108, 3 Aug 2001)

From a Few Genes, Life's Myriad Shapes (Carol Kaesuk Yoon, New York Times, 26 Jun 2007)

From RNA to Humans: A Symposium on Evolution (Rockefeller University, 1-2 May 2008)

Fungus-growing ants use antibiotic-producting bacteria to control garden parasites (Cameron R. Currie et al., Nature 398:701-4, 22 Apr 1999) PDF

The Future of Evolution (NAS Colloquium, 2000; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98:10:5389-5480, 8 May 2001)

Genes caught skipping from bacteria to beetle (Kendall Powell, Nature Science Update, 27 Sep 2002)

Genetic Code Evolution (Stephen J. Freeland et al., Freeland Bioinformatics Lab, UMBC)

Genetics, Ecology and Evolution Group (Keith Hamer et al., Research Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, University of Leeds)

Genetics Plus Time: A Talk with Steve Jones
(John Brockman, Edge 66, 27 Mar 2000)

Geometry.net | Evolution

Great Transformations (Joel Olicker & Chris Schmidt, PBS Evolution Show 2, 25 Sep 2001)

Harvard University Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

Hedges Lab - Evolutionary Biology (S. Blair Hedges et al., Pennsylvania State University)

HIV/SIV Phylogenetics (David L. Robertson)

Horizontal gene transfer, there's no mistaking it (Bea Perks, BioMedNet News and Comment, 13 Sep 2002)

Huelsenbeck Lab (John Huelsenbeck's Group, Rochester)

Human/Swine A/H1N1 Influenza Origins and Evolution (ed. Andrew Rambaut)

In the Light of Evolution III: Two Centuries of Darwin (Sackler Colloquium, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (Supplement 1), 16 Jun 2009)

Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics (Masatoshi Nei et al., Pennsylvania State University)

Intelligent design study appears (Trevor Stokes, The Scientist, 3 Sep 2004)

Intelligent Design Policy: Science Education and Creationism (Geological Society of Australia, 17 Dec 2008) PDF

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

The Internet Biodiversity Service

Internet Resources on the Work of Prof. Lynn Margulis
(Robert G. Flower, Center for Frontier Sciences)

James Hanken Lab (U of Colorado)

Journey into the World of Cladistics/Phylogenetic Systematics
(Allen G. Collins et al., UCMP)

Laboratory of Animal Ecology (Thierry Lodé et al., University of Angers)

Land Plants Online (Dan Nickrent & Karen Renzaglia, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale)

L.E.R.N. | The London Evolutionary Research Network (University of London)

The Life of Birds | Evolution (Gareth Huw Davies)

The light of evolution (Miranda Robertson, Editorial, Journal of Biology 8:10, 27 Feb 2009)

Liu Group - The Chemistry of Molecular Evolution
(David R. Liu et al., Harvard University)

Long intervals of stasis punctuated by bursts of positive selection in the seasonal evolution of influenza A virus (Yuri I. Wolf et al., Biology Direct 1:34, 26 Oct 2006)

The Losos Lab (Jonathan B. Losos et al., University of Washington in St. Louis)

MacClade Home Page (Wayne P. Maddison & David R. Maddison)

Massimo Pigliucci's Evolutionary Ecology Lab
(Stony Brook University, Long Island)

Mayr, mathematics and the study of evolution (James F. Crow, Journal of Biology 8:13, 23 Feb 2009)

MEGABASE: A Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Database

Mesquite: A Modular System for Evolutionary Analysis
(Wayne P. Maddison & David R. Maddison)

Meyer's Hopeless Monster (Alan Gishlick et al., The Panda's Thumb, 24 Aug 2004)

The "Meyer 2004" Medley (Wesley R. Elsberry et al., The Panda's Thumb, 31 Aug 2004)

Mikko's Phylogeny Archive (Mikko K. Haaramo, Helsinki)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Molecular Evolution & Organelle Genomics (OGMP Montreal)

Molecular Evolution & Immunology Group (Ben F. Koop, UVic)

Molecular Evolution Archive at Indiana (FTP)

Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Research Group
(Julio Rozas et al., University of Barcelona)

Molecular Evolution/Bioinformatics, Dr Ziheng Yang's Group in
(University College London)

Molecular Evolution, Organelle Genomics & Genome Bioinformatics Resources (OGMP Montreal)

Natural Selection (Jenny Herington, LaTrobe University)

Natural Selection: Mechanism and Kinds (David C. Heins)

Nearctica - Evolution

NESCent / National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
(Duke University, Durham, North Carolina)

Nesse, Randolph M., & George C. Williams, 'Evolution and the Origins of Disease' (Scientific American, Nov. 1998)

Net Advance of Evolution (Heidi Hileman)

Newsgroup: sci.bio.evolution

Niles Eldredge, Evolutionist (American Museum of Natural History, New York)

Nordic Center for Earth Evolution (Danish National Research Foundation)

NYCEP on the Web (New York Consortium on Evolutionary Primatology)

On the origin of speciation (Scott LaFee, SignOnSanDiego.com, 1 Jan 2009)

Open Directory - Science: Biology: Evolution

The origin and evolution of lactation (Anthony V. Capuco & R. Michael Akers, Journal of Biology 8(4):37, 24 Apr 2009)

The origin of biological information and the higher taxonomic categories (Stephen C. Meyer, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 117:2:213-39, 4 Aug 2004)

The Origin of Species, First Edition (Charles Darwin)

The Origins of Larvae (Donald I. Williamson & Sonya E. Vickers, American Scientist 95(6):509-17, Nov-Dec 2007)

Oxford Evolutionary Biology Group (Oxford University)

Paleo-DNA Laboratory (Carney Matheson et al., Lakehead University, Thunder Bay)

The PAL Project: Phylogenetic Analysis Library
(Alexei Drummond & Korbinian Strimmer, et al.)

The Panda's Thumb (Andrea Bottaro et al.)

Patrik Lindenfors

The Pattern of Life's History (Stephen Jay Gould, Edge 3rd Culture, 23 May 2001)

PhyCom | A Phylogenetics Community (Yale Phylogenetics)

PhyloCode (Philip Cantino, Ohio University)

PhyloCode Discussion - Mail Archive (Mike Taylor)

The PhyloCode: Doomed? (Michael J. Benton, University of Bristol)

Phylogenetics Resources (Brian R. Speer, UCMP Berkeley)

The Phylogenetic Tree Topples (LynnMargulis, From the President [of Sigma Xi], American Scientist 94(3):194, May-Jun 2006)

Phylogeny of Life (Rob Guralnick et al., UCMP)

Phylogeny of Turtles (Eugene S. Gaffney)

Phylogeny Programs (Joe Felsenstein)

Phyltree: Phylogeny and Reconstructing Phylogenetic Trees
(David E. Joyce, Clark University)

Plant Evolution Timeline (University of Cambridge)

The Plant Kingdom: An Introduction to the World of Plants from an Evolutionary Perspective (Sean Carrington, UWI)

Population Biology, Evolution & Biomath Education Index: Internet Guide to Education-oriented Resources for Population Genetics, Population Ecology, Evolution, and Biomathematics (Carlos Lara-Moreno)

Primate Evolution (PIN)

Princeton University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Prions speed evolution (Helen Pearson, news@nature.com, 16 Aug 2004)

Proboscidean Mitogenomics: Chronology and Mode of Elephant Evolution Using Mastodon as Outgroup (Nadin Rohland et al., PLoS Biology, 24 Jul 2007)

Processes of Evolution (David C. Heins & Thomas W. Sherry, EEOB 208, Tulane University)

Process rather than pattern: finding pine needles in the coevolutionary (David R. Nash, Journal of Biology 7:5:14, 28 May 2008)

Pseudogene Analysis of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Organisms
(Yale Gerstein Group)

Purpose in Evolution (John Templeton Foundation)

Q&A: What did Charles Darwin prove? (Paul Harvey, Journal of Biology 8:11, 23 Feb 2009)

Randall J. Bernot

Recombinomics | Elegant Evolution (Henry L. Niman et al.)

The Redfield Lab (Rosemary J. Redfield, UBC)

Replicators: Evolutionary Powerhouses
(Vitaly Issaev et al., ThinkQuest)

Researchers Observe Evolution Chain Reaction (US National Science Foundation Press Release 09-018, 5 Feb 2009)

Resources for Genomics, Molecular Biology and Evolutionary Research (OGMP Montreal)

Richard Lenski's Web Page (Richard E. Lenski, Michigan State University, East Lansing)

The rise of birds and mammals: Are microevolutionary processes sufficient for macroevolution? (David Penny & Matthew J. Phillips, Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19:10:516-22, Oct 2004)

Sandwalk: Strolling with a Skeptical Biochemist
(Laurence A. Moran, University of Toronto)

Science -- Science Collections: Evolution

The Science of Evolution: The Field of Evo-Devo (Sean B. Carroll, New York Times Video, 26 Jun 2007)

Sean B. Carroll (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution (International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium, Nature 432:695-716, 9 Dec 2004)

Shape of Life Overview (Sea Studios Foundation, Monterey)

Sites of Interest to Botanists, Ecologists, and Evolutionary Biologists (Kent Holsinger)

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

The Society for the Study of Evolution (Lawrence, Kansas)

Speciation (John W. Kimball)

Species, Speciation, and the Environment (Niles Eldredge, Actionbioscience.org, Oct 2000)

Studying Evolution (Richard Cowen, UC Davis Geology)

Summary Report of the Workshop on Evolutionary Biology (ed. John Harshman & Dan Janies, NASA/American Museum of Natural History, New York, 3-5 Mar 1999) PDF

Synthetic Theory of Evolution: An Introduction to Late 20th Century Evolutionary Concepts and Theories (Dennis O'Neil, Palomar College)

Systematics and the Origin of Species: On Ernst Mayr's 100th Anniversary (ed. Jody Hey et al., National Research Council, Washington, DC, 2005)

Taking Wing: Uncovering the Evolutionary Origins of Bats (Nancy B. Simmons, Scientific American 299:6:96-103, Dec 2008, on-line Oct 2008)

The Talk.Origins Archive: Evolution FAQs

-- Observed Instances of Speciation (Joseph Boxhorn)

-- Some More Observed Speciation Events (Chris Stassen et al.)

TaxonSearch: Database for Suprageneric Taxa & Phylogenetic Definitions (Paul C. Sereno et al.)

Testing Darwin (Carl Zimmer, Discover 26:2:28-35, Feb 2005) PDF

Testing Natural Selection with Genetics (H. Allen Orr, Scientific American 300:1:44-50, Jan 2009)

TimeTreeWeb: The Timescale of Life (Blair Hedges & Sudhir Kumar et al., The Timetree of Life)

-- New initiative traces the beginning of species' life on Earth (Penn State Live, 10 Jun 2009)

-- Timetree of Life (Astrobiology Magazine, 14 Jun 2009)

Toby White's Vertebrate Notes

Transitions: The Evolution of Life (blog by Afarensis)

Tools for Molecular Evolution (Julio Rozas, University of Barcelona)

Transitional Fossils (Nils Eldredge & Gregory Eldredge, eds., Special Issue of Evolution: Education & Outreach 2(2):149-339, 5 Jun 2009)

Tree of Life Web Project Home Page (David R. Maddison et al.)

21st Century Science - The Theory of Natural Selection

UCI Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
(University of California, Irvine)

UCMP Web Lift to Taxa

Understanding Evolution and Science
(Matthew F. Bonnan, WIU Biology)

University of Arizona Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

University of Connecticut Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

University of Kansas Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department

University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Vancouver Evolution Group (VEG, SFU/UBC)

Variation and Evolution in Plants and Microorganisms: Toward a New Synthesis 50 Years after Stebbins (ed. Francisco J. Ayala et al., NAS, 2000)

Variation within Populations (Jenny Herington, LaTrobe University)

Was Darwin Wrong? (David Quammen & Robert Clark, National Geographic Magazine 206:5:2-35, Nov 2004)

Was Darwin Wrong? - The Critics of Evolution (Gert Korthof)

Web Resources in Molecular Evolution and Systematics
(Kent Holsinger)

Web Sites of Interest to Evolutionists (Sarah P. Otto, UBC)

Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing of Mitochondria from Ancient Hair Shafts (M. Thomas P. Gilbert et al., Science 317(5846):1927-30, 28 Sep 2007; abstract)

-- Unexpected Archive: Mammoth hair yields ancient DNA (Sid Perkins, Science News Online, 29 Sep 2007)

-- Mammoth DNA (Michael J. Ryan, Palaeoblog, 28 Sep 2007)

-- Mammoth hair offers new style of research (Michael Hopkin, Nature, 27 Sep 2007)

-- 'Shampooed' hair reveals mammoth DNA (Roxanne Khamsi, New Scientist, 27 Sep 2007)

-- Mammoths' hair is trove of DNA (Knight Science Journalism Tracker, 28 Sep 2007)

Why Darwin was wrong about the tree of life (Graham Lawton, New Scientist, 21 Jan 2009)

-- Editorial: Uprooting Darwin's tree, ibid.

Why didn't Darwin discover Mendel's laws? (Jonathan C. Howard, Journal of Biology 8:15, 24 Feb 2009)

Why Sex? (Noel Buckner & Robert Whittlesey, PBS Evolution Show 5, 26 Sep 2001)

Widespread Lateral Gene Transfer from Intracellular Bacteria to Multicellular Eukaryotes (Julie C. Dunning Hotopp et al., Science, 30 Aug 2007; abstract)

-- Bacterial genome found within a fly's (Ewen Callaway, Nature, 30 Aug 2007)

-- Bacteria Get Promiscuous (Benjamin Lester, ScienceNOW Daily News, 30 Aug 2007)

-- Share Alike: Genes from bacteria found in animals (Patrick Barry, Science News Online, 1 Sep 2007)

World Summit on Evolution (Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Galapagos, 9-12 Jun 2005)

Yale University Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

See also Organisms: Systematics and Taxonomy

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