Parent Group

Metazoa (“Animals”)

Sister Groups

Acanthocephala
Annelida
Arthropoda (“Bugs”)
Brachiopoda
Bryozoa
Chaetognatha
Cnidaria
Ctenophora
Cycliophora
Echinodermata
Entoprocta
Gastrotricha
Gnathostomulida
Hemichordata
Kinorhyncha
Loricifera
Micrognathozoa
Mollusca
Nematoda
Nematomorpha
Nemertea
Onychophora
Orthonectida
Phoronida
Placozoa
Platyhelminthes
Porifera
Priapulida
Rhombozoa
Rotifera
Sipuncula
Tardigrada
Xenacoelomorpha

Daughter Groups

Vertebrata (“Fish”)
Craniata (“Craniates”)
Tunicata (“Urochordates”)
Cephalochordata (“Lancelets”)


Articles

Evolution: Reptiles to Mammals
The evolutionary transition from synapsid reptiles to mammals.

Convergence or Introgression?
Could the mosaic of characteristics seen in fossil and extant hominids be evidence of past hybridization?

“Through a Glass, Darkly”
Dinosaurian hominids.


Subsections

The Hominid Homepage
For all your filthy monkey-man needs.


Lists

Fossil Hominid Specimens

D. J. Scott

Chordates

Just Happy to See You.
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[Last Update: May 17th, 2017]




Important Types

Pikaia gracilens



Subphyla

Subphylum Vertebrata (“Fish”)
Subphylum Craniata (“Craniates”)
Subphylum Tunicata (“Tunicates”, or “Urochordates”)
Subphylum Cephalochordata (“Lancelets”)



Works Cited



☣ Eric Bapteste, Maureen A O'Malley, Robert G Beiko, Marc Ereshefsky, J Peter Gogarten, Laura Franklin-Hall, François-Joseph Lapointe, John Dupré, Tal Dagan, Yan Boucher and William Martin, “Prokaryotic evolution and the tree of life are two different things.” Biology Direct 2009 4:34 (Received: 16 July 2009; Accepted: 29 September 2009; Published: 29 September 2009) DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-4-34
Available online @ <https://biologydirect.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1745-6150-4-34>



☣ Dawkins, Richard. The Last Paragraph of "On The Origin of Species" - Richard Dawkins Lecture Part 1. Youtube. August 15, 2017
Available online @ <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW4smfrON-I>



☣ Vinod, Soumya. The Anthropic Trilogy, Book 3: Evolution Involution. Evolution-involution.org. June 28, 2010
Available online @ <http://maya-gaia.angelfire.com/phylogeny_slideshows_refer.html>



☣ ADVEXON TV. From The Big Bang To The Present Day - 1080p Documentary HD . Evolution-involution.org. Jun 23, 2015
Available online @ <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eKIjkk0NVY>



Origin of Life - How Life Started on Earth
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyhZcEY5PCQ>

Tyson, Neil Joe Rogan Experience #310 - Neil Degrasse Tyson
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpHh_TU2kcI>