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A minimal tree of vertebrates

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A minimal tree of vertebrates
This tree shows that a lizard is more closely related to a human than to a salamander

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What do phylogenetic trees illustrate? These diagrams don't just organize knowledge of biodiversity - they also show us that living species are the summation of their evolutionary history.
What are the genetic relationships between organisms? How can we tell if they are related, or share an ancestor? Learn about species, and how our ongoing study of a genetic past continues to create new knowledge.
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