The PBS site covers the Leakey family and their discoveries in Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. This information was part of a PBS exploration of human evolution.

Read about the PTC gene, and listen to scientists discuss this accidental discovery which lead to important clues about human evolution.

Determine how studying the evolution of the HIV virus led medical experts to give patients a "holiday" from drugs, weakening the mutated, drug-resistent genes. Discover how this backward evolution works.

You have probably seen figures showing how human beings are related to chimpanzees, gorillas, and other primates. In this genomics science fair project, you will use bioinformatics tools to generate your own primate family tree.

A summary of BBC program entitled, "The Day We Learned to Think." Offers a brief look at man's first works of art, early ability to speak, and evolution of intelligence. Offers questions and answers, a program transcript, and various...

A shoulder blade was recently discovered that belonged to a 3-year-old humanlike female who lived more than 3 million years ago. Scientists are studying the fossil to learn whether the creature climbed trees.

Farnaz Khatibi Jafari traces the evolution of how humanity has treated bodies and burials. [4:41]

This digital textbook covers core life science concepts and includes interactive features, real-world examples, and videos.