<P> The term phylogeny for the evolutionary relationships of species through time was coined by Ernst Haeckel , who went further than Darwin in proposing phylogenic histories of life . In contemporary usage , tree of life refers to the compilation of comprehensive phylogenetic databases rooted at the last universal common ancestor of life on Earth . The Open Tree of Life , first published 2015 , is a project to compile such a database for free public access . </P>
<P> The term phylogeny for the evolutionary relationships of species through time was coined by Ernst Haeckel , who went further than Darwin in proposing phylogenic histories of life . In contemporary usage , tree of life refers to the compilation of comprehensive phylogenetic databases rooted at the last universal common ancestor of life on Earth . The Open Tree of Life , first published 2015 , is a project to compile such a database for free public access . </P>
the type of decent that explains why all species are linked in a single tree of life
the type of decent that explains why all species are linked in a single tree of life
phylogenetic
phylogenetic