THE ANTHROPOLOGY HUMAN ORIGINS WEBSITE

Homo habilis, A. africanus, Homo erectus (Java), Homo sapiens neandertalensis, H. erectus (China), H. sapiens

Kevin Callahan(Demonstrating the atlatl - or spearthrower)
call0031@tc.umn.edu

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A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY: HUMAN ORIGINS

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HOME PAGE(General campus information)

A GOPHER GUIDE TO THE U OF M

U of M STUDENT ON-LINE RESOURCES

THE ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE (general information)

THE WILFORD ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY (Ford Hall)

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UP TO THE MINUTE NEWS IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

|ANTH. NEWS BRIEFS|HUMAN ORIGINS NEWS|ANTH. NEWSLETTERS|

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GENERAL LAB INFO./POLICIES(animated)

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ONLINE WRITING HELP(WWW writing labs, reference works, style manuals, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.)

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GOOD STUDY HABITS

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THE ANTH. HUMAN ORIG.S LAB MANUAL(Archives)

KEVIN CALLAHAN'S COURSE LECTURES (Archives)|FILM STUDY Q'S| HUMAN ORIG.S LECTURES ON THE WEB

TIMELINE OF HUMAN EVOL.

BLANK WORLD MAPS

FILLED IN WORLD MAPS OF HUM. ORIG. SITES|Global Paleoenviron. Maps|

MARS PATHFINDER-LIVE

Archive - MIDTERM REVIEW STUDY SHEET Spr. Qtr. 97

Archive - FINAL EXAM REVIEW STUDY SHEET AND ESSAY Q.'s Spr. Qtr. 97

INFO FOR FALL QTR 1997

HUMAN ORIGINS VOCAB.(hypertext list)

GLOSSARY PAGE

Archive - WEEK ONE: KNOW YOUR BONES! (lab 1)(photos, diagrams, software, lab drawings, etc.)

Archive - WEEK TWO: THE MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION (lab 2)(Left) A "Cells Alive" animation of a ciliated protozoan.

DNA, GENES & CHROMOSOMES(Info. & Figures from the Human Genome Program)
3D Interactive model of a DNA molecule (rotatable with your mouse).

Archive - WK THREE: LIVING PRIMATES (Lab 3)(photos(Como Zoo photos, lab manual info., etc.)

Tips on Lab 3

PHYS. ANTH. LAB PRIMATE LAB SPECIMENS(Photos of primate skeletons)

Archive - WK FOUR: PRIMATE BEHAVIOR (Lab 4)

Archive - WK FIVE: AUSTRALOPITHECINES & PARANTHROPINES(Lab 5)(Photos of the U of M lab skulls, lab manual info., software, etc.)
Photo ofAustralopithecus afarensis ( AL 288 "Lucy") 3.3 - 3.0 MYA Lucy's pelvis (CSU OHIO photos: More photos are in the Lab 5 web page above)
Photo ofAustralopithecus africanus (Taung)1.5 MYA (CSU OHIO)
Photo ofP. aethiopicus (KNM-WT 17000)(CSU OHIO)
Photo ofP. robustus (SK-48)2.0-1.5 MYA(CSU OHIO)
Photo ofP. boisei (OH-5)1.8 MYA(CSU OHIO)
Archive - WEEK SIX: HOMO HABILIS & HOMO ERECTUS (Lab 6)(Photos & information)
Photo ofH. habilis(KNM-ER-1470)1.8 MYA Tanz. (CSU OHIO)
Photo ofH. erectus (Peking)0.5 - 0.2 MYA(CSU OHIO)
Photo ofH. erectus (KNM-ER-15000)1.6 MYA(CSU OHIO)

WEB CREDIT: Many of the SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS from Week Six, Hominid skullduggery, and Week Eight come from Jim Foley'sTalk.Origins website

HOMINID SKULLS(Summary and photos of major hominid fossils & species.)

Archive - WK. SEVEN: LOWER PALEOLITHIC HOMINID SUBSISTENCE & SOCIETY (Lab 7)

Archive - WK. EIGHT: ARCHAIC H.S., NEANDERTALS, CRO-MAGNONS (Lab 8)

Photo ofArchaic Homo sapiens (Broken Hill, Rhodesia- +125,000 yrs ago)(CSU OHIO)
Photo ofNeandertal (LaChapelle aux Sants, France) 40,000 years ago(CSU OHIO)
Photo ofNeandertal (Skhul-V, Israel)33-31,000 years ago
NEAND. RECONSTRUCTIONS & MORPHING

Archive - WK. NINE: MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC SOCIAL STRUCTURE & FUNERARY CUSTOMS (Lab 9)

Archive - WK. TEN:U.P."ART" & SYMBOLISM (Lab 10)(Photos / info)

U.P. CAVE PAINTINGS(Article by Kevin Callahan)

THE MAMMOTH, ATLATL, & CLOVIS PT. WEBPAGE (photos of how to use a spearthrower)

U.P.CAVE ART

More U.P. Rock Art Links

Arch. Fieldwork Opportunities

Online Update to the textbook HUMAN ANTIQUITY by Feder and Park

Field Museum - Peopling of America

This Homo erectus from Java
has a sagittal keel.

Skulls Tutorial

ANTH.1602 PREHISTORIC CULTURES

PHYS. ANTH. & ARCH. LINKS(there are also more below)

BRITTANICA ONLINE(look up defn's, ideas, people, etc.)

WWWebster DICTIONARY

Listserves:

Anth. E-Mail Listservs(there are many lists that discuss evolution and anthropology)

Newsgroups

sci.anthropology

sci.anthropology.paleo

talk.origins

Chat Rooms:

The Human Origins Chat Room Click here to Chat

Other Anth. and Paleo Chat Rooms Click here for a list

LINKS to Arch. Faculty & Grad. Students

HUMOR was an evolutionary adaption-only the funny survived
(The "average" person laughs about 15 times a day - some less, some more)
Other Anthropologists with Evol. Knowledge (humor)(No Miocene hominoids in here)
Things not to put in your Written Assignment (humor)
Letter from the Paleoanthropology Dept. of the Smithsonian Institute
Discovery of Neandertal instruments and rock art in Germany (Discover's April Fools Issue)
Oxley and Morton's Archaeological Buzz-Word Generator
An AUDIO OPINION regarding Sagittal Crests (.wav file-about 20 seconds to come on)
An AUDIO OPINION regarding the future of Human Evolution(.wav file)

MUSIC provides an evolutionary advantage while studying-(e.g. Mozart)
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Links to other sites

Know your Hominids!

Human Origins Links

Human Origins Resources

Human Origins Information

UMRARA (Rock Art)

|This Month's Moon Phases |Tonight's Moon: |

Image credit:US Naval Obs.(a great site!)

Darwin's ORIGIN OF SPECIES The whole book.
VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE(Online Bk.)

Darwin & other scientists important to evolution

Gregor Mendel's website

Info. about chimps from Jane Goodall Inst.'s Center For Primate Studies U of M, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

Jane Goodall

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The Kennewick Man discovery and Who Owns the Past
Rick Potts discusses the career of the late Mary Leakey
Physical Anthropologist Rick Potts discusses the overlap between 3 Hominid species
NPR's The Leakey Legacy(48 min.)
The Genetics of Complex Traits
How and Why New Species Form
Hum. Orig. Update(1 hour 41 min.)
Origins of Language(51 minutes)
Genetics Update
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ABC NEWS
Mn. Anthro. Frances Densmore's story of "The Sun Dance"
Early Wax Cylinder RecordingFrances Densmore's early 20th century wax recordings of a Nat. Amer. song
If you are interested in a demo of the video tech. that we will be incorporating into the website (but on Human Origins subjects), click here to see the Spice Girls video "Wannabe" (4 minutes long) or Jewel "You were meant for me" Are you trendy? (The Times of London)
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Jeffers Petroglyphs & Pipestone Nat. Mon.
Jeffers Photo Album

Evolution and computers:
The TIERRA program (Mech. of Evol. create Art. Intelligence).
Create primordial art. life on your computer

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