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Useful Paleontology Links

• Fossil Key Links: Kentucky Geological Survey's annotated links to the best fossil Web sites.
• Earth History Key Links: Kentucky Geological Survey's annotated links arranged by important times in earth history.
• Dinosaur Key Links: Kentucky Geological Survey's annotated links to the best dinosaur Web sites.
• The University of California Museum of Paleontology [MUST SEE; very nice educational site for fossils organized by type and age]
• Learning from the Fossil Record [has lots of activities for teaching; Paleontological Society]
• Ecology Past [dioramas and ancient environments; St. Louis Science Center]
• Life Over Time [The Field Museum's exhibit on life through the ages]
• Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum
• Kentucky Paleontological Society

Paleontology Museums:

• Travel U.S.A.: Paleontology Museums by State [New Mexico Friends of Paleontology]

Evolution, Phylogeny, etc.:

• Evolution Key Links: Kentucky Geological Survey's annotated links to the best dinosaur Web sites.
• Tree of Life Project: Phylogeny of extinct organisms. Some technical material.
• Palaeos: Phylogeny and systematics of extinct organisms. Some technical material.
• Enter Evolution: Theory and History [history of the theory of evolution and the scientists who contributed to thought on evolution, University of California Museum of Paleontology]
• The Tree of Life [some information technical; a worldwide internet project on phylogeny and biodiversity]
• The Evolution of Man [evolution and paleontology of hominids; Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum]
• Complexity and Organic Evolution [somewhat technical discussion of organic evolution; discussion about computer simulation of organic evolution and complexity; Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum]
• The Development of Insect Flight [very nice page; Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum]
• Terrestrialization, why and how vertebrates came onto the land; Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum
• Evolution of Birds; Hooper Virtual paleontological Museum
• National Center for Science Education [material regarding evolution versus creationism controversy]
• The Paluxy Dinosaur/"Man tracks" Controversy [series of articles about the Paluxy dinosaur/"man" tracks]
• The Talk.Origins Archive: Exploring the Evolution/Creation Controversy [usenet archive]

Mass Extinctions:

• Earth History Key Links: Kentucky Geological Survey's annotated links to the best on the Web for the big five mass extinctions.
• Extinctions: Cycles of Life and Death Through Time [good discussion about mass extinctions; images and specific examples through time; Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum]

Archeology:

• The Webb Museum of Anthropology