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September 22, 2015

'Tree of life' for 2.3 million species released
Durham NC (SPX) Sep 22, 2015
A first draft of the "tree of life" for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes - from platypuses to puffballs - has been released. A collaborative effort among eleven institutions, the tree 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. Tens of thousands of smaller trees have been published over the years for select branches of the tree o ... read more

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