Discovering the great tree of life This short video introduces basic concepts in phylogenetics and provides a model to help understand lineage-splitting. This resource is available from the Peabody Museum of Natural History
A name by any other tree Phylogenetics has affected almost every area of biology - even the most basic one: how we classify organisms. Find out how phylogenetic classification works and what its advantages are. This article appears at SpringerLink.
Darwin's "extreme" imperfection? Darwin used the words "extreme imperfection" to describe the gappy nature of the fossil record - but is this really such a problem? This article delves into the topic of transitional fossils and explores what we have learned about them since Darwin's time. This article appears at SpringerLink.