Biological & Physical Anthropology
Contents
- Gateways to Resources
- Forensic Anthropology
- Health, Disease, and Nutrition
- Human Ecology, Adaptation, and the Environment
- Human Genetics
- Human Origins and Evolution
Gateways to Resources
Introduction to
Biological Anthropology
Good introduction to web links corresponding to chapters in Dr. John
Relethford's introductory textbook.
Paleoanthropology
Links
Lots of links; part of the Fossil Hominids FAQ at the talk.origins Archive.
Resources for Physical
Anthropologists (Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology)
Arranged by general subject.
Forensic Anthropology
Stefan Schmitt's Human Rights
and Forensic Anthropology Home Page
Schmitt is one of the founders of the Guatemalan Forensic
Anthropology Team.
Forensic
Anthropology
An introduction to this field of study.
Zeno's Forensic Site
A gateway site for forensics.
Health, Disease, and Nutrition
Arbor Nutrition Guide
Comprehensive, annotated catalogue of nutrition resources on the Internet.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National health issues including Emerging
Infectious Diseases.
Epidemiology (Biosciences,
Medicine)
WWW Virtual Library links maintained by the Department of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco.
HealthWeb
Comprehensive list of subjects including Minority, Public, and
Women's Health.
Infectious Disease Internet Links
INFOODS Information (International
Network of Food Data Systems)
Includes data on the nutrient composition of foods from all parts of
the world.
Pan American Health Organization
(World Health Organization)
Includes country health profiles and pointers to related sites.
Human Ecology, Adaptation, and the Environment
The Man and the Biosphere
(MAB)
An interdisciplinary programme of research and training focusing on
the use and conservation of resources of the biosphere, and the
improvement of the global relationship between people and the environment.
Human Genetics
Human Genome Diversity
Project (HGD)
The HGD Project is an effort by anthropologists, geneticists,
doctors, linguists, and other scholars from around the world to
document the genetic variation of the human species worldwide. Also,
see the
Declaration of Indigenous Peoples of the Western Hemisphere Regarding
the Human Genome Diversity Project and the Indigenous
Peoples Council on Biocolonialism (IPCB) web site.
Human Genome Most Used Links
Organized by type of site - mapping data, sequence data,
computational, and genome.
Human
Genome Project Research in Progress
Highlights up-to-date research, training, and meetings. Maintained by
the Human Genome Management Information System (HGMIS) for the U.S.
Department of Energy.
Human Genome Project
Resources
Includes links to the Genome Database (GDB), other major resources
and Human Genome Centers with contacts.
Human Origins and Evolution
AAAS Evolution Resources
(AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics and Religion)
Includes links to current issues, court cases, and historical documents.
The Fossil Evidence for Human
Evolution in China (Dennis A. Etler, U. of California, Berkeley)
Includes a picture gallery of important fossil specimens, maps,
timeline, position papers.
Human Evolution
(Jeanne Sept, Indiana University)
Provides links to museums, university and topical sites.
Human
Dentition (Phillip Walker, Anthropology Dept., UC Santa Barbara)
Requires the Quicktime plugin.
Human Evolution: The fossil
evidence in 3D (Ed Hagan and Phillip Walker, Anthropology Dept., UC Santa
Barbara)
An interactive site that allows users to examine and manipulate
three-dimensional displays of ten crania related to human evolution
(five modern primate crania and five fossil crania). Requires the Shockwave plugin.
Skull Module
(Department of Anthropology, California State University)
Tutorial on the human skeleton.
The Talk.Origins Archive: Exploring
the Creation/Evolution Controversy
Covers creationism, evolution, catastrophism, debates, and more.
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