Tree of Life Article for grades 3 through 8 Think of a cladogram as the ultimate family tree. On it, you can see how all living things are related, including the single ancestor they all share. Learn more about Earth's Tree of Life.
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		Fossil Halls: Cladistics Exhibition Materials for all ages What is the best way to reconstruct evolutionary history? Find out with this look at cladistics and the branching points on the Earth's evolutionary family trees.
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		Fossil Halls: Timelines Exhibition Materials for all ages Step back in time to a point of your choosing—from 370 million to 19,000 years ago. You can see a lone Smilodon stalk prey or a group of prehistoric fish cruise the bottom of a muddy estuary.
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		Grouping Dinosaurs Curriculum Materials for grades Kindergarten through 4 Dinosaurs all belong to the same group, but within that group there are many subsets—meat-eating dinosaurs, four-legged dinosaurs, and so on. Try your hand at classification with these eight dinosaur illustrations.
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		Understanding Cladistics Curriculum Materials for grades 5 through 8 Explore the method scientists use to determine evolutionary relationships by creating a coin cladogram. Then try your hand at classifying a handful of dinosaurs.
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		Hall of Biodiversity Educator's Guide Activity: Cladograms Activity for grades 6 through 12 In the same way people trace their history with a family tree, scientists use an evolutionary tree to show a species' close and distant relatives. Learn how they work by making a tree of coins.
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