Contents

Introduction

Natural Selection and Mutations

Speciation & Macroevolution

The Fossil Record

Evidence for Human and Ape Common Ancestry

Related Issues

Glossary


Natural Selection and Mutations

Evolution - Definition

Natural Selection - Definition

Beneficial Mutations

Beneficial Mutations in Humans

Probability of Beneficial Mutations by Rich Daniel
(Sorry, this link is dead until I can track Rich down to get a new copy of his article.)

Natural Selection Has Been Observed in Nature Many Times

Evidence for Positive Darwinian Selection in Several Mammals, Including Humans - Paper by Willie J. Swanson et. al.

 The Adaptive Evolution Database (TAED) - BioMed Central

Genetic Basis of Evolution -  Studies that are attempting to determine the physical effects of genetic differences between closely related species.

 Gene Duplication Adapts To Changing Environment - University of Michigan - How "new information" is added to an organism's DNA through duplication and divergence of genes. (Creationists claim that this is impossible.) 

 Gene Duplication Separates Vertebrates from Invertebrates - Washington University In St. Louis 


Speciation & Macroevolution

Observed Instances of Speciation by Joseph Boxhorn

Some More Observed Speciation Events by Chris Stassen, James Meritt, Anneliese Lilje, and L. Drew Davis

Plagiarized Errors and Molecular Genetics by Edward E. Max, M.D., Ph.D.

 UC Riverside Study Suggests Placentas Can Evolve In 750,000 Years Or Less; Guppy-Like Fish Help Fill In The Gaps In The Evolution Of Complex Organs   Press release from the Univesity of California, Riverside.

 Gondwana Split Sorts Out Mammalian Evolution  Press release from the Univesity of California, Riverside announcing that the evolutionary relationships of the placental mammals have been worked out using comparative molecular methods.

 29 Evidences for Macroevolution by Douglas Theobald


The Fossil Record

Transitional Vertebrate Fossils FAQ by Kathleen Hunt

Evolution and the Fossil Record: by John Pojesta, Jr. and Dale A. Springer

The Fossil Record: Evolution or "Scientific Creation" by Clifford A. Cuffey (hosted by GCSSEPM). I highly recommend the page that document the fossil evidence of the evolution of mammals from early reptiles"

 Taxonomy, Transitional Forms, and the Fossil Record by Keith B. Miller

Evidence of Evolutionary Transitions by Michael Benton, Ph.D. 


Smooth Change in the Fossil Record by Don Lindsay from his Creation/Evolution pages (another very good resource for evolution evidence).

Transitional Features in Archaeopteryx by Dr. Gallo of By Bayou U., Your Diploma Mill on the Web (a very funny place that is posting some good science and my "alma mater")

Talk Origins Archaeopteryx FAQs

Fossil Record 2  - A database of fossil information at the family level and higher.

Limb Evolution


Evidence for Human and Ape Common Ancestry

Chromosomal Evidence for Common Ancestry of Humans and Apes

 Retroviruses from Kimball's Biology Pages This article is an introduction to retroviruses, which will be helpful when reading the following articles on endogenous retroviruses.

Constructing primate phylogenies from ancient retrovirus sequences by Welkin E. Johnson and John M. Coffin

Many human endogenous retrovirus K (HERV-K) proviruses are unique to humans by Madalina Barbulescu, et. al.

Primate Genetic Distances

How to Compare Genetic Distance Among Species

 Fossil Hominids: the evidence for human evolution by  Jim Foley


Related Issues

Age of the Earth

The Evidence Against Creationism

Haldane's Dilemma

The Paleomap Project by Christopher R. Scotese - See what the earth's continents and oceans looked like in the evolutionary past.

Eukaryote Origins

Behe's Empty Box by John Catalano


Glossary

Kimball's Biology Pages by Dr. John W. Kimball
Kimball's Biology Pages is a fantastic resource for biological information.

Lexicon of Evolutionary Genetics and Related Topics
Compiled by C.