But how exactly do we understand and use these devices? Tree diagrams have been used in evolutionary biology since the time of Charles Darwin. Therefore, one might assume that, by now, most ...

In biology, the concept of relatedness is defined ... Darwin's view of the evolutionary tree is beautifully expressed in the following quote: The affinities of all the beings of the same class ...

Researchers have created a way to see your family tree as a movie rather than a still portrait by tracing where your ancestors moved across the globe over time. The statistical method can also be used ...

To help you explore this tree and understand the amazing ... “Nothing in biology makes sense except in light of evolution.” The Evolution Lab features two interactive digital learning tools ...

The study, published in Science, reconstructs the family tree of mollusks and provides a genome-based perspective on their evolutionary history. Professor Juan Moles, from the Faculty of Biology ...

In this evolutionary tree, species A and B share a recent common ancestor. Species A is therefore most similar to species B. Species F and G also share a recent, common ancestor, however this ...

New study shows how bird traits like gene makeup and clutch size shape evolution. This may help scientists understand ...