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TimeTree is a free public database developed by S. Blair Hedges and Sudhir Kumar, now at Temple University, for presenting times of divergence in the tree of life.
Description
The basic concept has been to produce and present a community consensus of the timetree of life from published studies, now numbering 2,687, and allow easy access to that information, on the web or mobile device.
Although the database currently permits searching for average node times between two species or higher taxa, the TimeTree web site indicates that other features such as browsing the timetree of life will be available in 2016.
TimeTree has been used in public education to conceptualize the evolution of life, such as in high school settings.
The original development of TimeTree dates to the late 1990s, with initial support from NASA Astrobiology Institute. Since then it has been supported by additional grants from NASA, and by NSF and NIH.
External links
- TimeTree @ Wikipedia
