On this page we have compiled a list of Web sites with quality content that can help you in further pursuing your interests in paleoanthropology and related disciplines. Clicking on any of the links below will open a new web browser, so you can always return to the Human Origins Program website. We have included brief descriptions of the site and the content. Surf and enjoy.

Paleoanthropology

Human Origins and Evolution in Africa

Full text lectures with photographs and images to help, this is a great site for the new student. Also, the subjects and lectures include plenty of links to help you gather information.

The Talk Origins Archive

A great site for the interested student. While the aim of the site is to be a forum for debate between creationist and paleoanthropological thinking, there is still a lot of generally interesting information here.

One particularly useful portion of this site is an FAQ area devoted to human origins: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/index.html

Human Origins and Antiquity in Australia

An interesting site with a lengthy discussion on the origins of the indigenous peoples of Australia and Tasmania, although it is almost 100% text. The origin of indigenous Australians is particularly complex debate, and this site does a good job of explaining all of the problems. Full citations at the end can guide you to further research on the issue. For the serious student.

Paleoanthropology Society

For the serious student of paleoanthropology, we include a link to the Paleoanthropological Society. Interested students can retrieve the abstracts of papers presented at the annual meetings of the society, and summer research opportunities are posted on the site for qualified students.

NMNH Anthropology Conservation Laboratory

Read about how the wonderful professionals in the Conservation Laboratory have given Shanidar 3 (H. neanderthalensis) a new protective home!

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Anthropology

NMNH Anthropology Department

A link to the Anthropology Department here at the Smithsonian. We are only part of the Smithsonian's research effort in Anthropology, come see what we are doing in the other areas of the discipline.

Living Links: Primates at Emory University

This is a neat site for those interested in primatology in general. The research center focuses around a population of chimpanzees at the Yerkes Primate Center, at Emory University in Atlanta. There are some great videos showing basic chimpanzee behavior, although the file size can be a bit large.

Tony's Anthropology Page

An interesting site with a lot of information. There is a neat Anthropology Quiz here with forty questions pertaining to paleoanthropology. Try it and see how you do after reading through our site! The Geocities advertisements can be a bit annoying, but the site is worth it.

To go right to the quiz, www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8932/index-page2.html.

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The Human Body

Human Evolution: The fossil evidence in 3D

A site put together by Philip Walker and Edward Hagen with some amazing 3-D skulls using Shockwave plug-ins. A must see. Download times for the Shockwave files can be a bit long if you have a slower modem, but it's worth it.

California State University Skull Module

A cool site out of California State University with images of the bones of the human skull. The images are clickable, and show views of the individual bones along with anatomical information. The information at this site may be a bit much for the beginning student, but if you are interested in learning about the anatomy of the skull, this is a good place to start.

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Evolution

PBS Evolution Website

A new website put together by PBS as a complement to their series on evolution. This is an interesting site with a lot of information. There is a section specifically dealing with human evolution as well.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/humans/index.html

UCLA Museum of Paleontology

If you are interested in biology, paleontology, the theory of evolution or just about any related subject, this is one of the premier sites on the Web. The site is immense, and there are many links to further Web resources. Like any good museum, this is a great place to get lost, and wander around in. Needless to say, we're big fans.

Phylogeny and Reconstructing Phylogentic Trees

If you would like to learn more about reconstructing evolutionary history, this site contains a neat JAVA applet that allows the visitor to manipulate a phylogenetic tree to learn about the variables that must be accounted for in making these reconstructions. Be forewarned, there is a LOT of information to digest at this site, so you may want to bookmark it, and take the lessons over several visits.

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Education

AnthroNotes

This is the web version of a Smithsonian publication on Natural History for Educators. Museum professionals write articles on current topics in natural history and include a teacher resource section to help translate these articles into the classroom. It also includes links to backs issues.

NMNH Research and Collections

If you would like to know more about research and collections at the Natural History Museum and how you can access these, this is the site for you! This site helps students and professional navigate and explore the research opprotunities avaiable at the Natural History Museum.

NMNH Teacher Resources

Hey teachers! Want to make your school trip to the museum even more educational? Check out these great links to websites and PDF files to enrich your visit to the Natural HIstory Museum.

NMNH Ungergraduate Opprutunities

We recieve a lot of emails asking us about internship and fellowship opprotunities at the Natural History museum. This website has all the information you need!

NMNH Research Training Progam

A internship program sponsored by the Natural History Museum is the Research Training Program (RTP). This website shows RTP student's final projects. Be sure to check out the Human Origins Program RTP student Danielle Royer (2003) and her project on early human tool making.

Smithsonian Education

This is a great resource site for teacher interested in how they can involve the Smithsonian Institute in their classroom. Not limited to Natural History, this site covers all the Smithsonain Museums; from art to aerospace!

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