evolutionary tree

常见例句

He explains that hundreds of millions of years ago, there was a major split in the evolutionary tree of vertebrates.
他解释在几百万年前，在脊柱动物的进化史上有一次主要的改变。
"The origin of this range-expansion ability," Bocxlaer wrote, "appears to be rooted deep in the evolutionary tree of toads and may be a remnant of when toads colonized the world."
“这个范围扩张本领的起源”，Bocxlaer写到，“似乎被扎根在蟾蜍进化树的深处，当蟾蜍征服了世界，这可能会成为遗物。”
But baboons are on a whole different limb of the evolutionary tree.
但狒狒是在一个完全不同的进化树枝上。

They proposed yanking the prehistoric creature off the "bird" branch of the evolutionary family tree and moving it onto a closely related lineage of birdlike dinosaurs.
NPR: New Study Restores Famed Fossil To "Bird" Branch
That status was called into question two years ago by Chinese scientists, who proposed yanking it off the "bird" branch of the evolutionary family tree and moving it onto a closely related lineage of birdlike dinosaurs.
NPR: New Study Restores Famed Fossil To "Bird" Branch