Websites
ANATOMY
Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections
www.brainmuseum.org
Images and information from one of the
world’s largest collections of well-pre-
served, sectioned, and stained brains of
mammals at the University of Wisconsin
and Michigan State University Comparative
Mammalian Brain Collections. Includes
photographs of brains of more than 100
species of mammals (including humans)
representing over 20 mammalian orders.
The eSkeletons Project
www.eskeletons.org
Digitized versions of human and non-
human primate skeletons in two and three
dimensions in full color and animations,
along with supplemental information. The
user can navigate through the various
regions of the skeleton and view all orien-
tations of each element along with muscle
and joint information.
BIOLOGY/
PALEOANTHROPOLOGY
Becoming Human
www.becominghuman.org
Run by the Institute of Human Origins, this
site has up-to-date news stories, extinct
hominid profiles, and an extensive glossary.
The Human Origins Program (Smithsonian
Institution)
www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/
Covers a range of topics including primate
origins, human evolution, diversity and
dispersal, as well as cultural evolution. It
provides information and good quality
color images of a number of extinct hom-
inids as well as non-human primates.
Institute of Human Origins
www.asu.edu/clas/iho/
Official website of the Institute of Human
Origins. Contains information on the
‘‘Lucy’’ skeleton as well as news stories.
The Leakey Foundation
www.leakeyfoundation.org
The website of a leading foundation sup-
porting research in human evolution and
primatology. Scientific news stories and in-
depth features.
National Geographic Outpost: In Search of
Human Origins
www.nationalgeographic.com/outpost/
The National Geographic Society supports
fieldwork in paleoanthropology and posts
stories about its research on this page. The
Interpretation Station has information
about interpreting fossil evidence.
The Neanderthal Tools Project
www.the-neanderthal-tools.org/?page_id¼7
Currently under construction, this is an
online database of Neanderthal finds in
Europe. It will ultimately provide three-
dimensional images, geo-mapping, and
other resources.
FOSSIL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SITES
Atapuerca: A World Heritage Site
www.ucm.es/info/paleo/ata/english/main.htm
Official Atapuerca site webpage. Includes
history of the site, current research, fauna,
tools, ecology and geology, a virtual tour of
the fossils, a photo album, and videos of the
site.
Boxgrove Home Page
matt.pope.users.btopenworld.com/boxgrove/
boxhome.htm
Official webpage of the Boxgrove site, a
Middle Stone Age site located in a stone
quarry in West Sussex, England, including
information on its geology, fauna, stone
tools, and hominids.
The Cave of Chauvet–Pont-D’Arc
www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/
en/index.html
Official webpage of the Chauvet cave in
southern France, which contains the world’s