For the first time, our recent paper cross-referenced location, DNA data and appearance for a range of animals and plants. We looked at evolutionary trees based on appearance or on molecules for ...

New research suggests that determining evolutionary trees of organisms by comparing anatomy rather than gene sequences is misleading. The study shows that we often need to overturn centuries of ...

When the British morphologist St. George Jackson Mivart published one of the first evolutionary trees in 1865, he had very little to go on. He built the tree — a delicately branching map of different ...

A first draft of the first comprehensive "tree of life," showing the links between the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes.

Bird evolutionary tree given a shake by DNA study. By Bob Holmes. 26 June 2008 A new study – the largest analysis of birds to date using modern genetic methods – has ...

“Instead of a tree, it’s more like a bush or a network. By looking at whole genomes and using our new methods, we can get a much clearer picture of what’s going on.” When evolutionary biologists want ...

According to a study published in the journal Nature Communications, the three-dimensional form of a protein can be utilized to determine long-standing evolutionary relationships in the tree of life.

A sticky piece of DNA is rewriting the story of avian evolution–and shaking up the family tree. By Laura Baisas. Published Apr 1, 2024 3:00 PM EDT ...