Evolution

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Wikipedia: Evolution
National Geographic: From Fins to Wings (2006)
Howstuffworks: How Evolution Works
UC Berkeley: Understanding Evolution
FOXNews.com: Evolution and Paleontology
New Scientist: Special Report on Evolution
The National Academies: Evolution Resources

Evolution Recent News

FOXNews.com: Evolution
NewScientist: Bacteria make major evolutionary shift in the lab (June 9, 2008)
The Loom: A New Step In Evolution (June 2, 2008)
Discovery News: DNA Confirms We're Out of Africa (February 21, 2008)
ABC News: Evolution: "Overwhelming and Compelling (January 3, 2008)
The Economist: "In the beginning" (2007)
Newsweek: "New Science of Human Evolution" (2007)
New York Times: "Split Emerges as Conservatives Discuss Darwin" (2007)

Evolution Background Articles

New York Times: "Recent Instance of Human Evolution" (2006)
National Geographic: Evolution and Religion Can Coexist (2004)
Guardian Unlimited: "Is human evolution finally over?" (2002)
PBS: Evolution (2001)

Teaching Evolution Controversy

Guardian Unlimited: Designs on Darwin (2006)
The New Yorker: "Why intelligent design isn't" (2005)
Slate Magazine: Should Evolution Be Taught in Schools? (1999)

Evolution Commentary and Criticism

Mahalo's Guide to Intelligent Design
Salon News: Inside the Creation Museum (2007)
Guardian Unlimited: Darwin and God: Can they co-exist? (2006)
CBS News: 'Design' Vs. Darwin (2005)
ReligiousTolerance.org: Theory of Evolution and Creation Science
Conservapedia: Theory of evolution
Institute for Creation Research: The Scientific Case Against Evolution

Evolution Media

American Museum of Natural History: Darwin Digital Library of Evolution
YouTube & Google Video: Theory of evolution Search
Google Image Search: Theory of evolution
Newsweek: Photo Gallery: Where Did We Come From?
University of California, Santa Barbara: Human Evolution: The fossil evidence in 3D

Evolution Message Boards and Blogs

LiveScience.com: All About Evolution and Intelligent Design
Funmurphys: the Blog: Edwards on Evolution
The Dispersal of Darwin
Evolution Minute
Apprising Ministries: Keeping You Apprised of: Evolution
Uncommon Descent - The Intelligent Design Weblog
Discovery Institute: Evolution News & Views
Sciam Observations: I.D. and Creationism Posts
ScienceBlogs: Pharyngula

Central Figures

Charles Darwin
- The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online

Alfred Russel Wallace
- USNews.com: "Did Darwin get scooped?" (2006)

Gregor Mendel
- Mendel Museum

Evolution Satire and Humor

YouTube: South Park Evolution & The Simpsons Evolution Intro
YouTube: The Simpsons: Evolution Intro
Metacafe Video: South Park's Mrs. Garrison on Evolution
Metacafe Video: Family Guy - Theory Of Evolution
Video: North Korea on Evolution
The Onion: Kansas Outlaws Practice Of Evolution

Related Searches

Charles Darwin | Intelligent Design | Galapagos Islands | Genetics | Scopes Trial | Geological Periods | Evolution Speeding Up | Plate Tectonics | PZ Myers

Guide Note

Evolution is the change in a population's inherited traits through successive generations, with natural selection ensuring that traits that enhance survival become more common. The theory was first proposed by Charles Darwin in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species. Darwin developed his theory by traveling to the Galapagos Islands and observing the various breeds of finches. The theory proposes that man is the descendant of great apes and is most closely related to the chimpanzee. The theory of evolution is overwhelmingly accepted in the scientific community and provides the basis for modern biology.

Fast Facts:

First proposed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace
1859: The Origin of Species published
1871: The Descent of Man published
Gregor Mendel's work showed how traits are passed from generation to generation

Controversy

Some people, usually religious fundamentalists, do not believe that evolution explains human development, and look to Creationism or Intelligent Design to explain the development of terrestrial life. Some school districts have started teaching intelligent design along with evolution in public schools. There has been no recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on the subject.

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