We are all cousins!

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7 m

Bonobo

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14 m

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Orangutan

Gorilla

today

Gibbon

1 CHIM-pan-zee, BO-no-boAF-ric-an GO-ril-la

A-sian o-RANG-u-tanGIB-bons of MAY-lay-sia

THESE • • ARE • our TAIL-less ape REL-a-tives

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25 m

540 m

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100

Tarsier

59 m

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58 m

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LorisLorisBushbabyBushbaby

LemurLemur

Madagascar

MON-keys of AF-ri-caAND south a-MER-i-ca

TAR-siers with BIG round eyesLE-murs and LOR-is-es

THESE • • ARE • our PRI • mate REL-a-tives

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60 m

275 of us

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61 m

2,07020

tree shrew

capybaracapybara

TREE shrews who LIVE in theTROP-ics of VI-et-nam

RO-dents and RAB-bits andBEAV-ers who BUILD a dam

THESE • • ARE • someMAM-mal-ian REL-a-tives

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62 m

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2,365 of us

2,000

Laurasiatheres

COY-o-tee, TI-ger, rhi-NO-cer-os, CAR-i-bou

CA-mel and HY-en-aBAT, seal, and DOL-phin too

THESE • • ARE • laur-A-sia-thereREL-a-tives

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giant groundsloth

63 m

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4,365 of us

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ANT-eat-ers, TREE sloths andGROUND sloths of LONG ago

ALL south a-MER-i-can‘CEPT ar-ma-DILL-e-oh

THESE • • ARE • our ZEE-nar-thran REL-a-tives

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64 m

4,395 of us

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golden mole

hyrax

manatee

Africa

Afrotheres

aardvark

AARD-varks and GOL-den molesHY-rax-es, EL-e-phants

ALL born in AF-ri-caE-ven the MAN-a-tees

THESE • • ARE • ourAF-ro-theer REL-a-tives

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66 million years ago . . .

your great-great-great-greatgreat-great grandparent!

Cretaceous

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140 m

4,465 of us

272

Marsupials

KO-a-la, KANG-a-rooWOM-bat and BAN-di-coot

ALL just aus-TRAL-ian ‘ceptVIR-gin-ia O-poss-um

THESE • • ARE • mar-SU-pi-alREL-a-tives

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180 m - Jurassic

4,737 of us

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Spiny Echidna

Duck-billed PlatypusMonotremesThe common ancestor that humans share with Monotremes laid eggspartly a

mammalpartly a reptile

NOT quite a MAM-mal areAUS-tral-ian EGG-lay-ers

SPI-ny e-KID-na andDUCK-bill-y PLAT-y-pus

THESE • • ARE • our MON-o-tremeREL-a-tives

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16310 m - Carboniferous

(Paleozoic)

4,465 of us

17,370

BIRDS of the SKY and theMAR-shy mud CROC-o-diles

LIZ-ards and TUR-tles andSNAKES that are SO a-gile

THESE • • ARE • rep-TILE and birdREL-a-tives

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5,000

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340 mCarboniferous

Amphibians

22,112 of us

LAY eggs in PONDS and streamsALL frogs and TOADS it seems

SAL-a-man-DERS and newtsWEAR a wet BIRTH-day suit

THESE • • ARE • am-PHIB-i-anREL-a-tives

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417 m

Devonian

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425 m

Silurian

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450 m

27,112 of us

23,500

Lungfish Coelacant

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LUNG-fish and SEEL-a-canthBACK to the SEA ad-vance

SWIM-mers the RAY-finned fishSAL-mon and TU-na-fish

THESE • • ARE • our FINE fish-yREL-a-tives

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460 m - Ordovician

50,620 of us

somethingis missing

850

FROM now on NO more boneCAR-til-age STANDS a-lone

IN ev’ry SHARK and rayTHEY func-tion FINE that way

THESE • • ARE • some FER-o-cious REL-a-tives

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lamprey

22530 m

84

lancelet

51,470 of us

2,000

24565 m

560 m

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Each meeting point loses something . . .

sea squirt(tunicate)

LAM-preys then LANCE-e-letsNO gills: get USED to it

BREATHE through your SKINand lose BRAIN like a TUN-i-cate

THESE • • ARE • our CHOR • dateREL-a-tives

2322

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570 m

53,579 of us

6,000

Echinoderms

STAR-fish and SAND dol-larSEA ur-chin, BRIT-tle star

RA-di-al SYM-me-tryQUITE un-like YOU and me.

THESE • • ARE • e-KINE-o-dermREL-a-tives

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590 m

53,579 of us

1,100,000

IN-sects and SPI-ders tooALL join in ONE fell swoop

RI-ver of LIFE grows bigWITH worms and CLAMS that dig

THESE • • ARE • all VER-y coolREL-a-tives

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630 m

1,159,579 of us

330

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700 m

9,000

lose something!

FLAT-worms and JELL-y-fishCOR-al, a-NEM-on-ees

POOP and eat THROUGH one holeSTAY a-live THAT’s the goal

THESE • • ARE • some a-MAZ-ingREL-a-tives

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740 m

1,168,909 of us

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30

780 m

10,000

placozoan

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900 m

140

choanoflagellate

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800 m

100

sponge comb jelly

COMB jell-ies LOVE the seaPLAC-o-zo-AN LONE-ly

SPONG-es dis-IN-te-grateKO-an-o-FLAJ-el-late

THESE • • ARE • someVER-y strange REL-a-tives

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950 m

1,179,150 of us

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DRIP (no picture)

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1,000,000,000 m(1 billion)

1,500,000

Fungi Amoebozoans

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1,200,000,000 m(1.2 billion)

5,000

DRIPS are all PAR-a-sitesFUN-gi can GROW at night

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35 MUSH-rooms and MOLD on breadA-me-bas HAVE no head

THESE • • ARE • someREAL biz-zarre REL-a-tives

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1.5 billion

2,684,180 of us

35,000 named • maybe 100,000 total

THINK of your FA-v’rite treeAND red and GREEN al-gae

LET-tuce and LI-ma beansALL feed on SOL-ar beams

THESE • • ARE • ourLIGHT eat-ing REL-a-tives

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2 billion years ago

2,784,000 of us

50,000 named lots more to discover!

Giardia

Eukaryotes

Brown algae

ForaminiferaRadiolaria

Diatoms

RA-di-o-LAR-i-aMAKE shells of SIL-i-ca

DON’T drink gi-AR-di-aFOR-a-min-I-fer-a

THESE • • ARE • some SING-le cellREL-a-tives

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Archaea

maybe 3 billion years ago

Yellowstone hot springvolcanic vent in deep ocean

FIND these in REAL hot poolsAND in your STINK-y stools

THEY don’t like BREATHE-ing airTHEY’RE sing-le CELL-u-lar

THESE • • ARE • our ARK-ee-uhREL-a-tives

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39 Eubacteria

OH! eu-bac-TER-i-aSOME bring dip-THEER-i-a

OTH-ers re-CY-cle trashWITH-out them WE would crash

THESE • • ARE • bac-TER-i-alREL-a-tives

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40Ocean of OriginOcean of Origin

JOUR-ney of LIFE starts inJOUR-ney of LIFE starts inO-cean of OR-i-ginO-cean of OR-i-gin

MYS-t’ry of MYS-ter-iesMYS-t’ry of MYS-ter-iesTHIS makes us FAM-i-lyTHIS makes us FAM-i-ly

WE • • HAVE • a VER-y bigWE • • HAVE • a VER-y bigFAM-i-lyFAM-i-ly

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