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Extreme Tree Makeover

That ancient tree of life never gets old! I came across a nice interactive visualization of the tree of life, created by the Wellcome Institute. It is one of the best attempts at visualizing the tree on the internet I’ve seen to date. Clicking on species at the end of the edges of the tree [...]

A Short History of the Oldest Tree on Earth

A tree of life showing the common ancestry of life on earth is one of the most powerful metaphors in science, one which stood the test of time remarkably well. The concept of a taxonomic tree as a means to arrange species can be attributed to the German naturalist Pallas in 1766. At his time, [...]

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