Forms of Life part 2: Overview of the Phylogenetic Tree of Life and Endosymbiosis
In the first part of this series, I discussed taxonomic terminology such as clades and kingdoms, but didn’t go into the actual groups and the lifeforms within them. This article will provide a top-down phylogenetic overview of all lifeforms on Earth, as well as a discussion of how endosymbiosis has provided an alternate path for genetic material and evolution.
