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• - 12 fossil skulls that represent more than 3.5 million years of human evolution. Click on any of them to find out more. Shockwave.
  
• - Simple to read presentation of tools in the stone, bronze, and iron ages.
  
• - Pictures and information.
  
• - See how a shared genetic heritage links every person on Earth.
  
• - Links to information pages about early man.
  
• - Short history of prehistoric architecture, from mammoth-bone tents to Stone Age cities.
  
• - Named after the valley in which he was discovered (Neander Tal), this hominid would send anthropologists mad for over 100 years. Neandertals were the ancestors that nobody wanted, or so scientists thought until they realized their mistake.
  
• - Brief history of early man's culture and development.
  
• - A look at the animals who ruled the planet after the dinosaurs became extinct. Includes facts, a photo gallery, and interactive games,
  
• - Profile of Mary Leakey from the Scientific American.
  
• - Traces African history through folktales and scientific contributions.
  
• - You've heard about the Stone Age. Now step into it. Visit this site to learn how the hunters gatherers really lived.
  
• - Broadband documentary offers a journey through human evolution; also includes activities and lesson plans.
  
• - BBC Education site on Charles Darwin.
  
• - Ancient stories told to explain the natural wonders and disasters observed by early man.
  
• - A virtual journey through human evolution. From the Smithsonian.
  
• - Offers links categorized in five areas: art, daily life, maps, pictures, and research on early man.
  
• - Extensive collection of tools, materials, and online publications about stone age technology.
  
• - Examples of cave art dating back over 20,000 years. One looks remarkably like a man walking a dog.
  
• - Interactive site draws visitors into the world of cave artists. Includes information on the people themselves as well as their paintings, sculptures, and etchings.
  
• - Ancient technology and human prehistory in ancient civilizations of China, Egypt, Greece, India, Latin America, Mesopotamia, Vikings and North America.
  
• - Cave paintings let us learn about the lives of people long ago. People painted animals and even painted outlines of their hands. Take a look.
  
• - An interactive tour of this archaeological dig in Turkey. Includes a timeline and photographs of the project, and details of the techniques used.
  
• - Online exhibit by the Illinois State Museum depicting the environments, plants, and animals of the late Pleistocene.