We are all cousins!

1. We are all cousins!

2. 4 1 3 2 Gorilla 2 2 12 2 today 6 m 14 m 18 m 7 m Orangutan Gibbon Bonobo

3. 1 3 4 2 CHIM-pan-zee, BO-no-bo AF-ric-an GO-ril-la A-sian o-RANG-u-tan GIB-bons of MAY-lay-sia THESE • • ARE • our TAIL-less ape REL-a-tives

4. 6 8 5 7 Lemur 7 100 50 Bushbaby Loris Tarsier 58 m 59 m 40 m Madagascar 100 25 m

5. 6 8 7 5 MON-keys of AF-ri-ca AND south a-MER-i-ca TAR-siers with BIG round eyes LE-murs and LOR-is-es THESE • • ARE • our PRI • mate REL-a-tives

6. 9 2,070 10 tree shrew 61 m 20 60 m capybara 275 of us

7. 9 10 TREE shrews who LIVE in the TROP-ics of VI-et-nam RO-dents and RAB-bits and BEAV-ers who BUILD a dam THESE • • ARE • some MAM-mal-ian REL-a-tives

8. 11 2,000 62 m Laurasiatheres 2,365 of us

9. COY-o-tee, TI-ger, rhi- NO-cer-os, CAR-i-bou CA-mel and HY-en-a BAT, seal, and DOL-phin too THESE • • ARE • laur-A-sia-there REL-a-tives 11

10. 30 12 63 m 4,365 of us giant ground sloth

11. 12 ANT-eat-ers, TREE sloths and GROUND sloths of LONG ago ALL south a-MER-i-can ‘CEPT ar-ma-DILL-e-oh THESE • • ARE • our ZEE-nar-thran REL-a-tives

12. 13 aardvark hyrax manatee golden mole Africa Afrotheres 70 64 m 4,395 of us

13. 13 AARD-varks and GOL-den moles HY-rax-es, EL-e-phants ALL born in AF-ri-ca E-ven the MAN-a-tees THESE • • ARE • our AF-ro-theer REL-a-tives

14. 66 million years ago . . .

15. your great-great-great-great great-great grandparent! Cretaceous

16. 14 272 140 m 4,465 of us Marsupials

17. 14 KO-a-la, KANG-a-roo WOM-bat and BAN-di-coot ALL just aus-TRAL-ian ‘cept VIR-gin-ia O-poss-um THESE • • ARE • mar-SU-pi-al REL-a-tives

18. 15 Spiny Echidna 5 180 m - Jurassic 4,737 of us Monotremes Duck-billed Platypus The common ancestor that humans share with Monotremes laid eggs partly a mammal partly a reptile

19. 15 NOT quite a MAM-mal are AUS-tral-ian EGG-lay-ers SPI-ny e-KID-na and DUCK-bill-y PLAT-y-pus THESE • • ARE • our MON-o-treme REL-a-tives

20. 16 17,370 4,465 of us 310 m - Carboniferous (Paleozoic)

21. BIRDS of the SKY and the MAR-shy mud CROC-o-diles LIZ-ards and TUR-tles and SNAKES that are SO a-gile THESE • • ARE • rep-TILE and bird REL-a-tives 16

22. 17 5,000 340 m Carboniferous 22,112 of us Amphibians

23. LAY eggs in PONDS and streams ALL frogs and TOADS it seems SAL-a-man-DERS and newts WEAR a wet BIRTH-day suit THESE • • ARE • am-PHIB-i-an REL-a-tives 17

24. 18 19 20 23,500 2 Lungfish 425 m 450 m Silurian Coelacanth 27,112 of us 6 417 m Devonian

25. 18 19 20 LUNG-fish and SEEL-a-canth BACK to the SEA ad-vance SWIM-mers the RAY-finned fish SAL-mon and TU-na-fish THESE • • ARE • our FINE fish-y REL-a-tives

26. 21 something is missing 850 460 m - Ordovician 50,620 of us

27. 21 FROM now on NO more bone CAR-til-age STANDS a-lone IN ev’ry SHARK and ray THEY func-tion FINE that way THESE • • ARE • some FER-o-cious REL-a-tives

28. 22 24 23 2,000 25 565 m 560 m lamprey lancelet sea squirt (tunicate) 84 Each meeting point loses something . . . 530 m 51,470 of us

29. 23 22 24 LAM-preys then LANCE-e-lets NO gills: get USED to it BREATHE through your SKIN and lose BRAIN like a TUN-i-cate THESE • • ARE • our CHOR • date REL-a-tives

30. Echinoderms 25 6,000 570 m 53,579 of us

31. 25 STAR-fish and SAND dol-lar SEA ur-chin, BRIT-tle star RA-di-al SYM-me-try QUITE un-like YOU and me. THESE • • ARE • e-KINE-o-derm REL-a-tives

32. 26 1,100,000 590 m 53,579 of us

33. IN-sects and SPI-ders too ALL join in ONE fell swoop RI-ver of LIFE grows big WITH worms and CLAMS that dig THESE • • ARE • all VER-y cool REL-a-tives 26

34. 27 28 9,000 700 m 330 630 m lose something! 1,159,579 of us

35. 27 28 FLAT-worms and JELL-y-fish COR-al, a-NEM-on-ees POOP and eat THROUGH one hole STAY a-live THAT’s the goal THESE • • ARE • some a-MAZ-ing REL-a-tives

36. 29 31 30 32 10,000 140 100 placozoan choanoflagellate 780 m 900 m 800 m sponge comb jelly 1 740 m 1,168,909 of us

37. 30 29 31 32 COMB jell-ies LOVE the sea PLAC-o-zo-AN LONE-ly SPONG-es dis-IN-te-grate KO-an-o-FLAJ-el-late THESE • • ARE • some VER-y strange REL-a-tives

38. 33 34 35 1,500,000 5,000 DRIP (no picture) Amoebozoans 1,000,000,000 m (1 billion) 1,200,000,000 m (1.2 billion) Fungi 30 950 m 1,179,150 of us

39. 33 34 35 DRIPS are all PAR-a-sites FUN-gi can GROW at night MUSH-rooms and MOLD on bread A-me-bas HAVE no head THESE • • ARE • some REAL biz-zarre REL-a-tives

40. 36 35,000 named • maybe 100,000 total 1.5 billion 2,684,180 of us

41. THINK of your FA-v’rite tree AND red and GREEN al-gae LET-tuce and LI-ma beans ALL feed on SOL-ar beams THESE • • ARE • our LIGHT eat-ing REL-a-tives 36

42. Eukaryotes 37 Brown algae Foraminifera Radiolaria Giardia Diatoms 50,000 named lots more to discover! 2,784,000 of us 2 billion years ago

43. 37 RA-di-o-LAR-i-a MAKE shells of SIL-i-ca DON’T drink gi-AR-di-a FOR-a-min-I-fer-a THESE • • ARE • some SING-le cell REL-a-tives

44. Archaea 38 Yellowstone hot spring volcanic vent in deep ocean maybe 3 billion years ago

45. 38 FIND these in REAL hot pools AND in your STINK-y stools THEY don’t like BREATHE-ing air THEY’RE sing-le CELL-u-lar THESE • • ARE • our ARK-ee-uh REL-a-tives

46. 39 Eubacteria

47. 39 OH! eu-bac-TER-i-a SOME bring dip-THEER-i-a OTH-ers re-CY-cle trash WITH-out them WE would crash THESE • • ARE • bac-TER-i-al REL-a-tives

48. 40 Ocean of Origin

49. JOUR-ney of LIFE starts in O-cean of OR-i-gin MYS-t’ry of MYS-ter-ies THIS makes us FAM-i-ly WE • • HAVE • a VER-y big FAM-i-ly 40