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ESO 4 Biology and Geology · 3 · The Evolution of Living Matter

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Evolution glossary.A very comprehensive vocabulary on evolution and everything related.

Talk Origins: Evolution.A most amazing collection of essays explaining everything you want to know about evolution and more. Don't miss the first one, Introduction to Evolutionary Biology for a great overview on the topic. Also available is the full text of Darwin's The Origin of Species.

Understanding Evolution.An even better and wider collection of articles to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Evolution and never dared to ask. The Evolution 101 course is just the perfect introduction to the topic, nicely complemented with good quality images.

Discover does Darwin.Special selection of articles on Evolution from Discover magazine.

The Birth of the Theory of Evolution

Historical development of evolutionary thought.An overview of the ideas that eventually led to the modern theory of evolution.

Darwin's Theory of Evolution.Very thorough presentation to learn how Darwin developed his idea of evolutionary change and its impact in Science.

Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle.Google Earth file showing Charles Darwin's voyage on the Beagle. Much more information in the author's website.

Darwin: the "reluctant revolutionary".Series of podcasts produced by the U.S. National Public Radio on a variety of Darwin's related topics.

Wikipedia: Charles Darwin.Wikipedia's article on Charles R. Darwin.

The Process of Evolutionary Change

Evidences of evolution.Graet presentation to learn about different fields of Science that provide evidence that evolution happened in the past and is happening today.

Theory of Evolution.An step by step overview of the basic concepts on Evolution from BBC Bitesize. You can also take the revision test and even try an interactive activity.

12 elegant examples of Evolution.Compilation of especially elegant and enlightening examples of evolution.

Top 10 evolution articles.Top 10 in-depth articles about evolution from New Scientist.

Wikipedia: Evolution.Wikipedia's article on Evolution.

Wikipedia: Natural Selection.Wikipedia's article on Natural Selection.

Why sex is here to stay.Learn why creatures which reproduce sexually, such as humans, have not been overrun by those which reproduce asexually.

Apples' autumn colour change clue.Apple-trees' autumn red colours could have evolved to warn insects, a study says.

Genetic drift.Great interactive animation showing how alleles combinations work and how the genetic drift conditions the evolutionary process.

Science and Faith / Evolutionism and Creationism

15 answers to creationist nonsense.Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don't hold up. Read why.

Universe timelines.The History of the Universe according to Science and to creationists.

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