Elwyn's evolution page
Foreword
Overview
Navigation Hint
Evolution - The basic concept
Charles Darwin's epiphany on the road to Galapagos
Comparison of species
Descent from a common ancestor
So how did life on earth begin?
Molecular considerations
The Selfish Gene
The significance for natural selection
Dating techniques
The evolutionary garden
The Proterozoic Era
The Cambrian and post Cambrian periods
The Permian-Triassic extinction
The Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary
The Paleocene and Eocene periods and beyond
Humans - Out of Africa
Fossil finds
Neanderthals
Recent discoveries of new human species: Denisovans and other fossil finds
DNA and mutations
Climate change, toolmaking and language as factors influencing hominin diversity
The Anthropocene era
Evolution generally: conclusion
Appendices
Appendix 1 - The human family
Appendix 2 - The human family tree
Appendix 3 - Smithsonian exhibition
Appendix 4 - Dublin Museum of Natural History
Appendix 5 - Dublin Museum (2)
Appendix 6 - Disappearing members of the human tree
Appendix 7 - Timescales
Appendix 8 - The extended phenotype
Appendix 9: Dinosaur footprints
References
Other websites by Elwyn
Contents
Appendix 1 - The human family.
Appendix 2 - The human family tree
Appendix 3 - Smithsonian exhibition
Appendix 4 - Dublin Museum of Natural History
Appendix 5 - Dublin Museum (2)
Appendix 6 - Disappearing members of the family
Appendix 7 - Timescales
Appendix 8 - The extended phenotype