Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and computer-generated animation, Becoming Human brings early hominids to life, examining how they lived and how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today.

Charles Darwin's publications, letters, and manuscripts are all freely available on this website.

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presented by the University of California at Berkeley

by Nature

by the National Institutes of Health

publishes the American Journal of Primatology and also provides information and resources to support the study of non-human primates

provides fact sheets about primates and is maintained by the National Primate Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jane Goodall is justly famous for her studies of chimpanzee behavior. The Jane Goodall Institute discusses her research and her efforts at conserving chimpanzee habitats

is the single largest professional physical anthropologists in the world and publishes the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology. Their journals carry technical articles on all aspects of physical anthropology, including non-human primates living today and their evolution over time. Their website also presents careers for biological anthropologists.