Resources for Evolution and Behavior

Evolution is the change of inherited traits in individual organisms over time. These inherited traits are distinguishing anatomical, biochemical, or behavioral characteristics that result from the genes of the organism reacting to its environment. These characteristic changes can affect how the organism looks, behaves, or survives in its environment. This page collects a number of links explaining evolution and the concepts and evidence in its support. It also lists some of the main proponents of evolution and their writings in its support. Furthermore, it collects virtual lessons on Charles Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle, and evolution itself. Enjoy!

Evolution FAQs:

• How Females Choose Their Mates (http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/articles/(article)how_females_choose.html)
• What is Evolution? (http://www.talkorigins.org/origins/faqs-evolution.html)
• Is Evolution a Fact or a Theory?(http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-fact.html)
• What is Darwinism? (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/darwinism.html)
• What is the Evidence for Evolution? (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-research.html)
• Is Natural Selection the Only Mechanism of Evolution? (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/genetic-drift.html)
• What is the Modern Synthesis of Genetics and Evolution? (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/modern-synthesis.html)

Topics on Evolution:

• Evolution Evolving (http://www.natureinstitute.org/pub/ic/ic21/darwin.htm)
• Five Major Misconceptions about Evolution (by Mark Isaak) (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-misconceptions.html)
• God and Evolution: Can You Accept Both? (by Warren Kurt VonRoeschlaub) (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-god.html)
• The Beginnings of Life on Earth (by Christian de Duve) (http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/the-beginnings-of-life-on-earth/1)
• Enter Evolution: Theory and History (http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/evotheory.html)
• Brain Evolution (http://www.brainmuseum.org/Evolution/index.html)
• In Defense of Evolution (http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/mark_vuletic/defense_of_evolution.html)

Evolution Gurus:

• Charles Darwin (http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/96feb/darwin.html)
• Gregor Mendel (http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Gregor_Mendel.php)
• Thomas H. Huxley (http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/thuxley.html)
• Richard Dawkins (http://richarddawkins.net/)
• Edward. O. Wilson (http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/Departments/Entomology/wilson_e_o.html)
• George C. Williams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Williams)
• William H. Calvin (http://www.williamcalvin.com/)

Archive, Bibliography & Search Engine:

• Evolution Update (http://www.azinet.com/evolution/)
• The Baldwin Effect (http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ip/davidpapineau/Staff/Papineau/OnlinePapers/SocLearnBald.htm)
• MendelWeb (http://www.mendelweb.org/)
• Factoids (http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/Factoids/)
• Human Genome Map (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/genome/genemap99/)
• Human Evolution: The fossil evidence in 3D (http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/projects/human/)

Web Classroom:

• Evolution and Natural Selection (http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/selection/selection.html)
• Biological Basis of Behavior (http://library.thinkquest.org/26618/en-2_INTRODUCTIE.htm)
• Evolutionary Psychology (http://www.evoyage.com/)
• Virtual Voyage of the Beagle (http://gk12calbio.berkeley.edu/lessons/less_virtualbeagle.html)
• Genetics Gallery (http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/VL/GG/#Anchor-Genetics-35326)
• Galapagos Beyond Darwin (http://science.discovery.com/videos/galapagos-beyond-darwin-reviewing-darwins-findings.html)
• Methods in Behavioral Research (http://methods.fullerton.edu/framesindex.html)
• The Evolution of Cooperation (http://bio150.chass.utoronto.ca/pdgame/)