This example illustrates the fact that a phylogeny is, at its most basic level, a history of descent from common ancestry. Phylogenetic trees are fractal in the sense that the same pattern is ...

At the most basic level, human evolution ... branches of the human evolutionary tree are vigorously debated in the literature, the usual signposts of phylogenetic uncertainty (e.g., dashed lines ...

“Understanding phylogenetic trees can be difficult ... and background information to lead you through levels that start out simple and build in complexity: By the end of this Lab, you’ll ...

The same number of species (three blue circles) can have a very different phylogenetic diversity (the sum of the red branches on the tree connecting them) depending on how closely they are related.