tree of life
noun phrase
: a conventionalized and often ornate representation of a tree used as a decorative motif
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But this new research proves that understanding nighttime inactivity can similarly illuminate our understanding of our closest relatives on the tree of life.
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
Dr Church, who is affiliated with both Yale University and the Yale Peabody Museum, uses a combination of field work, lab work, and computer modelling to explore the evolutionary tree of life, and is poised to start a new position as an assistant professor at New York University this autumn.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
The arrogance wasn’t hers alone; many people have tried to assign the Tully monster a place in the tree of life since it was first discovered 70 years ago.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2025
But though superorganism behavior is uncommon across the tree of life, worm towers themselves are surprisingly commonplace.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
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Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
Dr Church, who is affiliated with both Yale University and the Yale Peabody Museum, uses a combination of field work, lab work, and computer modelling to explore the evolutionary tree of life, and is poised to start a new position as an assistant professor at New York University this autumn.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
The arrogance wasn’t hers alone; many people have tried to assign the Tully monster a place in the tree of life since it was first discovered 70 years ago.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2025
But though superorganism behavior is uncommon across the tree of life, worm towers themselves are surprisingly commonplace.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
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“Tree of life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tree%20of%20life. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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