Life on Earth

Chapter 17
How Organisms Evolve
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A Mathematical Model for Mass Extinction
This is a place that explains and shows how it is possible for mass extinction to occur.

Background on the Endangered Species Act
This is a place that explains the history and nature of endangered species. There are also a lot of pages that show lists of endangered species, geographic interests, more detailed information about specific species, and places to e-mail for further information.

Frequently Encountered Criticisms in Evolution vs. Creationism
This place provides a list of assertions by creationists with rebuttals by evolutionists. It is provided by Mark I. Vuletic from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Mission Mars
This is a special section from CNN News on the proposal from NASA scientists that primitive life may have evolved on Mars. The site includes numerous video clips and related resources.

Random Genetic Drift
This is a place where you will find a newsgroup about genetic drift.
Timing is Everything
This is a evolution/creation debate titled "How Did We Get Here?". It is between Kenneth R. Miller from Brown University and Phillip E. Johnson from the University of California.

Virtual Library: Evolution
This is a large collection of web links on evolution. It is provided by The World Wide Web Virtual Library at Harvard University.

Zooland: Artificial Life Resources
This place presents the topic of Artificial Life (also called AL or Alife). The site includes examples of Alife programs, research papers, and links to Alife resources. A second place you'll want to visit is Live Artificial Life. It includes a number of Alife simulations with biological relevance.



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