Since the dawn of humanity, people all around the world have always been curious about the things around them. We told myths to explain how the world came into being and how the universe worked. We passed down legends of how gods and heroes shaped the world and our society.
Eventually we developed the scientific process, and once magic and mysteries became clear and common. Through anthropology, we learned how civilizations before us operated, and through paleontology, we uncovered a picture of life on ancient Earth. With this knowledge, we can preserve and nurture life on our planet for years to come.
This page is dedicated to all who grew up fascinated about dinosaurs and other prehistoric life and those who continue unveiling the lost secrets of the past.
In 1735, Carl Linnaeus published his System Naturae, introducing a new way of classifying living organisms using rank-based taxonomy and binomial names. Over the years, the scientists have refined Linnaeus's system into modern phylogeny, which uses cladograms to indicate evolutionary history relationships between organisms.
The tree of life shows the ancestry of everything that ever lived, as well as when each species diverged in history. Groups (taxa) that extend directly from the same node are closely related, while those who take a longer path to a common ancestor are more distantly related.
Over the last five years, Slav has been compiling his own tree of life of major organisms on Earth. The tree of life was created using Freeplane and can be viewed here.