Some surprises in store for Concestor 23
When I helped write the Ancestor’s Tale, one of the big tasks was to make a human-centred tree of life: to list of all the point at which, backwards in time, the human lineage joined with lineages of other extant lifeforms. In February last year I was forwarded an email from someone using these “rendezvous points” as the basis for a song and story for children. She had seen the O’Leary paper and wondered how much revision was needed to our original list.
For those who wish to skip to the chase, I’ve come up with a new list at the end of this post. Continue reading
