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Park:Biological Anthropology
Biological Anthropology, 3/e
Michael Alan Park

A Brief Evolutionary Timetable

A Brief Evolutionary Timetable

UCMP Hall of Mammals
(http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/mammal.html)

Navigate this hall of mammals, following your guide, the quagga, through multituberculata, marsupial, monotremata, and eutheria mammal groups.
The Placental Mammals
(http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/eutheria/placental.html)

Find a short definition of Plancental Mammals, then link to such related fields as fossil record, life history and ecology, systematics, and morphology.
Kinds of Teeth
(http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/anat/kinds_of_teeth.html)

Read this piece on different kinds of teeth, including canines, premolars, and molars, while viewing a related diagram and learning about the Ddental formulae.
Geological Time Scale
(http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/timescale.html)

Read a description of the geological time scale, including both relative and absolute time, and view geographical time scale tables.
The Age of the Earth
(http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-age-of-earth.html)

Read a detailed paper discussing the age of the Earth, and how scientists have attempted to estimate that age. View graphs of meteorites, lists of dating evidence, and supporting literature.
Ice Ages
(http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/ice_ages/)

Gain information regarding Earth's ice ages. This site answers the questions: what are Ice Ages? When did Ice Ages occur? And why do Ice Ages occur?