Content background

Below we have listed good sources of background information, including a list of books and websites on related topics.

Books and sites

The following resources provide additional information about topics presented in Life Has a History.

Paleontological Society Paper Number Two. 1996. Learning From the Fossil Record. The Paleontological Society, 113 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701.
The book was written to accompany an educational workshop Learning from the Fossil Record presented for K-16 educators at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of American in Denver, Colorado. It contains lessons and background information on how scientists use fossil evidence to reconstruct the past. It also offered ideas about using paleontology to teach the scientific process. You can view the articles and lessons on-line at: Learning From the Fossil Record.

Paleontological Society Special Publication Volume 9. 1999. Evolution; Investigating the Evidence. The Paleontological Society, 113 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701.
This is a collection of articles by researchers about various aspects of evolution including; evolutionary data, evidence for evolution, mechanisms of evolution, modeling evolution, and faith and science.

The Talk Origins Archive
This is an informational Web site and Usenet newsgroup devoted to the discussion and debate of biological and physical origins. Most discussions in the newsgroup center on the creation/evolution controversy, but other topics of discussion include the origin of life, geology, biology, catastrophism, cosmology and theology.

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