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A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms. A cladogram is not, however, an evolutionary tree because it does not show how ancestors are related to descendants, nor does it show how much they have changed, so many differing evolutionary trees can be ...
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Students may also be asked to create their own sets of fictional organisms, which has the additional value of demonstrating macroevolutionary processes. [18] Furthermore, in the case of data sets without a known phylogeny, unlike the case of the Caminalcules, students may find multiple, equally correct solutions.
A node's "parent" is a node one step higher in the hierarchy (i.e. closer to the root node) and lying on the same branch. "Sibling" ("brother" or "sister") nodes share the same parent node. A node's "uncles" (sometimes "ommers") are siblings of that node's parent. A node that is connected to all lower-level nodes is called an "ancestor".
Title: A genealogical history of that branch of the Alger family which springs from Thomas Alger of Taunton and Bridgewater, in Massachusetts. 1665-1875 Year: 1876 Authors: Alger, Arthur M. (Arthur Martineau), 1854-Subjects: Alger family Alger, Thomas, of Taunton and Bridgewater, Mass., fl. 1665 Publisher: Boston, D. Clapp & Son
Pictorial representations of the Jesse Tree show a symbolic tree or vine with spreading branches to represent the genealogy in accordance with Isaiah's prophecy. The 12th-century monk Hervaeus expressed the medieval understanding of the image, based on the Vulgate text: "The patriarch Jesse belonged to the royal family, that is why the root of Jesse signifies the lineage of kings.
Local history – study of history in a geographically local context; Military history – study of warfare and wars in history; Naval history – branch of military history devoted to warfare at sea or in bodies of water; Paleography – study of ancient texts; Philosophy of history – philosophical study of history and its discipline.
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