# Metadata Source URL:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylogenetic_tree Topics:: #evolution, #biology --- # Phylogenetic tree - Wikipedia ## Highlights > [!quote]+ Updated on 301022_181927 > > A phylogenetic tree (also phylogeny or evolutionary tree [3]) is a branching diagram or a tree showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological species or other entities based upon similarities and differences in their physical or genetic characteristics. All life on Earth is part of a single phylogenetic tree, indicating common ancestry.