Tree of Life

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Artem Novozhilov

The only illustration in the Origin of Species is the following sketch of the tree of life by Charles Darwin:

darwin_tree_wide

More recent tree of life is given by

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On this tree all multi-cellular organisms are a tiny branch in the forest of bacteria and archaea.

Ref: [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/12/science/scientists-unveil-new-tree-of-life.html?_r=0

[2] https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2016/04/13/the-newest-tree-of-life-many-new-groups-all-bacteria-some-cryptic-and-enigmatic/

[3] http://www.nature.com/articles/nmicrobiol201648

 

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About Artem Novozhilov

I am an applied mathematician interested in studying various evolutionary processes by means of mathematical models. More on my professional activities can be found on my page https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~novozhil/
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