Phylogeny (evolutionary trees)

Last updated Jun 19, 2023 Edit

• Biology
• Classification

• The study of evolutionary relationships between species. Involves studying how closely different species are related.

• Any 2 living organisms have a common ancestor at some point in the past.

• The more recent the common ancestor, the more closely related they are.

• Natural classification places similar species in a group

• Any two living organisms have a common ancestor

• When species started to evolve differently there are branch points or nodes on the tree

• More recent common ancestors mean closer relations.

Classification