Awards, Honors, and Favorable Notices

"[Scott] Chase warns of "phony" science FAQs from "wackos peddling their personal opinion." One place to find the real thing is this site that mirrors an MIT archive of FAQs. They run the gamut from the ozone layer to dodo extinctions and www.talkorigins.org, which debunks creationist arguments."

"Talk.Origins archive (www.talkorigins.org). This wonderfully thorough online resource compiles useful essays and commentaries that have appeared in Usenet discussions about creationism and evolution. It offers detailed discussions (some of which may be too sophisticated for casual readers) and bibliographies relating to virtually any objection to evolution that creationists might raise."

This long-running site argues against creationism and other literal interpretations of Scripture. The scientific resources are exhaustive and easily searchable, and cover topics such as Earth's age, flood geology and catastrophes. The FAQs - a good starting place for new readers - provide brief answers and relevant links to complex questions. The site stresses mainstream science and doesn't post any articles supporting creationism, though there is a lengthy list of anti-evolution links. Feedback from the past decade is available, much of it questioning and challenging the site's content.

"Talk.origins Archives. http://www.talkoriggins.org [sic]. Best online source for overviews of evidence for evolution and analyses of creationist claims recarding science and evidence. Includes M. Isaak's "What is Creationism" (2000), with its links to sites advocating most of the full range of American creationist positions, both Christian and non-Christian, and an introduction to creation myths generally."

"The Talk.Origins Archive site offers an amazing amount of information in the form of full-text articles and commentary on the theory of evolution, creationism, the age of Earth, flood geology, catastrophism, and debating creationists. Many of the articles include critiques of creationist arguments. This site also contains links to other useful Web sites."

"Talk Origins
http://www.talkorigins.org/
An excellent Usenet group regarding biological and physical origins. The site includes a chat room, an archive of previous discussions, and a vast collection of related links."

"indispensable"

I highly recommend the Talk Origins Archive (http://www.talkorigins.org), which is a pro-science web site that is mostly an answer to creationist arguments. It leans heavily toward evolution, but has great astronomy pages, too.

Hominid trail. Part of a site that counters creationist claims, Fossil Hominids reviews the evidence on questions such as whether Peking Man was an ape and the significance of human brain size. The wealth of information here includes background on key fossils, drawings and photos, scientists' biographies, references, and lots of paleoanthropology links. www.talkorigins.org/faqs/fossil-hominids.html

The human family tree keeps sprouting branches as anthropologists unearth new fossils or reclassify existing ones. Whether you're looking for an introduction to human origins or want to catch up on the latest developments, visit Fossil Hominids: The Evidence for Human Evolution, a well-written overview created by enthusiast Jim Foley.

The human evolutionary story swarms with almost as many characters as a Dickens novel, so Foley supplies a brief guide to our close relatives.... The jam-packed site also features a timeline of recent fossil finds, synopses of new papers, and guest essays by researchers. Another section debunks a litany of creationist misconceptions and misrepresentations about human origins, such as the notion that Neandertals were merely modern humans warped by disease....