A sneak preview of the position of humans on the tree of all life, using data from OpenTree and visualisation from OneZoom.org. This is to accompany the second edition of "The Ancestor's Tale" by Richard Dawkins and Yan Wong, due out before Christmas. We are working on a fully navigable tree. Watch this space for more follow @OneZoomTree on Twitter or visit the website www.onezoom.org

Silhouettes thanks to @PhyloPic - all public domain apart from the following CC-BY images

Common chimpanzee: T. Michael Keesey (vectorization) and Tony Hisgett (photography)
Sumatran orang utan: Gareth Monger
Capuchin monkey: Sarah Werning
Rabbit: Sarah Werning
Pigmy hippo: T. Michael Keesey (after Marek Velechovský)
Przewalskii’s horse: Mercedes Yrayzoz (vectorized by T. Michael Keesey)
Sloth: Sarah Werning
Kangaroo: Sarah Werning
Monito del monte: Sarah Werning
Tasmanian devil: Sarah Werning
Marsupial mole: Sarah Werning
Silky Shrew Opossum: Sarah Werning
Virginia opossum: Sarah Werning
Platypus: Sarah Werning
Tortoise: Andrew A. Farke
Ostrich: Darren Naish (vectorize by T. Michael Keesey)
Robin: Rebecca Groom
Tailed frog: Sarah Werning
Salamanderfish: Darren Naish (vectorized by T. Michael Keesey)
Hagfish: Original drawing by J. H. Richard, vectorized by Roberto Díaz Sibaja. CC-BY 3.0
Lamprey: Original drawing by unknown artist, vectorized by Roberto Díaz Sibaja. CC-BY 3.0
Starfish: Mali'o Kodis, photograph by "Wildcat Dunny" ([ Ссылка ])
Hairworm: Eduard Solà Vázquez, vectorised by Yan Wong
Nematode: Gareth Monger
Beetle: Birgit Lang
Nematodematid: Meyer-Wachsmuth I, Curini Galletti M, Jondelius U (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107688). Vectorization by Y. Wong
Jellyfish: Mali'o Kodis, photograph by Ching ([ Ссылка ]
Sponge: Mali'o Kodis, photograph by Derek Keats ([ Ссылка ]
Amoeba: Gareth Monger

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