Researchers Publish First Draft of the ‘Tree of Life’

The final tree will map relationships among more than 2 million species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes.

September 23, 2015

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A screenshot from the Tree of Life website.

Researchers have released a first draft of the “tree of life” for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes.

The project is a collaborative effort among 11 institutions, including researchers from the George Washington University. It depicts the relationships among living things as they diverged from one another over time, tracing back to the beginning of life on Earth more than 3.5 billion years ago.

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Researchers Publish First Draft of the ‘Tree of Life’