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Charles Darwin's 200th - Tree of Life Resources Free Online
February 12th 2009 saw the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. The gradual build up to the bicentenial celebrations spawned a wealth of authoritative free resources online for navigators of all ages and levels of knowledge.
Charles Darwin and Evolution
Hidden away is a page with links to other free online resources and anniversary initiatives for the public, such as videos and audio from the PBS, as well as a virtual tour of his birthplace, The Mount.
Trees of life
Another online Darwin anniversary initiative is the Wellcome Trust interactive tree of life, with a brief introductory video by David Attenborough. 
The 'tree' itself is restricted to the animal kingdom and isn't easy to navigate. But if you have a fast internet connection it can be fun to explore. And there are some wonderful images lurking there, ready to download...
However, you may prefer to explore the less hi-tech but beautifully presented Tree of Life web project - an evolving educational website with a variety of treehouses for children.
Another currently ongoing collaborative project to explore is the monumental Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). This fast growing scholarly work first went live online in 2008 (Tech Treat here).
Other stimulating Darwinian resources free online
- UC Berkeley, Understanding Evolution is a splendid educational resource. Also see the excellent interactive learning tool What did T. rex taste like? and the educational History of life through time (both from the University of California Museum of Paleontology, UCMP).
- The Natural History Museum (London), Evolution with a mini interactive Beagle voyage
- Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale), Travels in the Great Tree of Life (watch out for the morphing arachnids!).
- The Open University, The Theory That Changed the World has an amusing devolve me interactive morph feature which you can use with your own photos.
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Thanks grf - Yes, this article was actually written, as a vaguely "Tech-Treat" -like contribution to provide pointers to a selection of interesting sites and educational articles on Darwin and the 200th anniversary of his birth in 2009.
NOTE: grf's comment was prompted by a blatantly spurious post (now deleted) claiming that no transitional forms exist in fossils. For anyone who wants to access some information on the subject of transitional forms, here are a few authoritative, non-point-of-view links:
1) illustrating transitional forms
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/_0_0/lines_03
2) listing a wide variety of transitional fossils http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transitional_fossils
3) explaining why some transitional forms inevitably remain undocumented
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional/part1a.html#gaps
You're welcome Bob. :)
Animal Corner (http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/index.html) is an educational site conceived for children that adults will love too. Lots of good information clearly presented in an attractive format.
There's also a sizable section on the Galapagos islands and their wildlife:
http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/galapagos/about.html
[ Thanks MC! ]
Thanks, this stuff is really great.
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