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Evolution
Editors' Picks
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Darwin's Predictions
Over 150 years later, science continues to confirm most of Darwin's conjectures.
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Sexual Cannibalism
Biologist Maydianne Andrade says that the gruesome mating behavior of some spiders is a lesson in evolution.
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Let's Make a Microbe!
Find out what separates life from nonlife, and glimpse how scientists are exploring the boundary.
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RNAi
A wayward petunia leads to the discovery of modest little molecules with enormous medical promise.
Evolution in the News
Links
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Becoming Human
www.becominghuman.org
Trace the history of humans at this site from the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University.
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The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online
darwin-online.org.uk
Read Darwin's most important published and unpublished writings.
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The Human Origins Program
humanorigins.si.edu
Get acquainted with your ancient relatives at this site from the Smithsonian Institution.
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Evolution
www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution
Explore PBS's rich library of evolution-related content, produced for its Evolution series.
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The Forum Network: Evolution
forum-network.org/series/nova-evolution-series
Check out a series of expert lectures on evolution curated by WGBH’s Forum Network.
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Evolution Resources From the National Academies
www.nationalacademies.org/evolution
Find answers to common questions at the National Academies' website.
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Understanding Evolution
evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary
See a history of the study of evolution, how evolution impacts your life, and more.
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Evolution—New Scientist
www.newscientist.com/topic/evolution
Get the latest news on evolution from New Scientist magazine.
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Life on Earth: The Tree of Life Web Project
tolweb.org/Life_on_Earth
Click through the tree of life and find how you're connected to the other living things on our planet.
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Darwin Correspondence Project
www.darwinproject.ac.uk
Find more than 5,000 of Charles Darwin's letters.
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TalkOrigins Archive
www.talkorigins.org
Find out more about the Creation/Evolution controversy.
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The Loom | Discover Magazine
blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom
Follow the adventures of Carl Zimmer, a leading writer who covers evolution and biology.
Books
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On the Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin
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Island Life
by Alfred Russel Wallace
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The Selfish Gene
by Richard Dawkins
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Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould
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Why Evolution Is True
by Jerry A. Coyne
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The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution
by Carl Zimmer
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The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
by Jonathan Weiner
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Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
by Neil Shubin
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo
by Sean B. Carroll
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Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins
by Donald Johanson and Kate Wong
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The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors
by Ann Gibbons
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Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding
by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
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The Complete World of Human Evolution
by Chris Stringer and Peter Andrews