From octopuses to snails, the complicated molluscan family tree has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, researchers report. This includes sequences for 13 new complete genomes from across the ...

The rise of genome sequencing, at the turn of the twenty-first century, seemed to bring Darwin’s dream within reach. “It is now realistic to conceive of reconstructing the entire Tree of Life ...

A family tree of humanity has been constructed using genetic data from thousands of modern and prehistoric people. The tree gives a view of 2 million years of prehistory and evolution.

The Bird Family Tree Gets ... An international group of researchers recently developed a tree based on the ... in Science, Vol. 346; December 12, 2014 (left tree); “Higher-order phylogeny of ...

The history of human evolution isn’t a straight line from fish to monkey to human. You know that. The family tree of the genus Homo is full of diverging paths, with branches and dead ends. But ...

A new genetic family tree of the UK's birds may help predict which will see their populations decline in future. The family tree - or phylogenetic map - shows how closely species are related. The ...