New species evolve whenever a lineage splits off into several. Because of this, the kinship between species is often described in terms of a 'tree of life,' where every branch constitutes a species.

A new, high-quality bonobo genome assembly has been constructed. It is allowing scientists to more accurately compare the bonobo genome to that of other great apes - the gorilla, orangutan, chimpanzee ...

Phylogenetic inference seeks to reconstruct the evolutionary history of organisms by analysing genetic, morphological or genomic data to infer branching patterns and divergence times. Central to this ...