Timetree
TimeTree is a free public database developed by Stephen Blair Hedges, S. Blair Hedges and Sudhir Kumar, now at Temple University, for presenting times of divergence in the Tree of life (biology), tree of life. The basic concept has been to produce and present a community consensus of the timetree of life from published studies, and allow easy access to that information on the web or mobile device. The database permits searching for average node times between two species or higher taxa, viewing a timeline from the perspective of a taxon, which shows all divergences back to the origin of life, and building a timetree of a chosen taxon or user-submitted group of taxa. TimeTree has been used in public education to conceptualize the evolution of life, such as in high school settings. David Attenborough's Emmy Award-winning film and television program David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates, Rise of Animals used Hedges and Kumar's circular timetree of life, gener ...
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