Carly Allen-Fletcher has drawn a picture of the Big Picture, turning her imagination to the six classifications of life forms that scientists call kingdoms: plants, animals, fungi, protists ...

It should be obvious that these organisms are not close to the base of the tree-of-life. As aerobes they are above the cyanobacterial lineage that provides oxygen. TechGazer December 10, 2022 09:42 AM ...

It is so far removed from the organisms we know that researchers claim it belongs to a new base group, called a kingdom, on the tree of life. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience ...

“The tree of life is being reshaped by new data. It is really quite different than even what it was 15 or 20 years ago,” Burki said. “We’re seeing a tree with many more branches than we ...