Understanding the Tree of Life

Understanding the Tree of Life seeks to better understand how the museum public interprets and understands phylogenetic trees. Funded by the Informal Science Education program of the National Science Foundation, the project supports learning research on public understanding of the tree of life.
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Understanding the Tree of Life supported two conferences to help museums improve public understanding of the tree of life:

August 17, 2010 in partnership with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History with more than 30 partner informal science institutions.
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August 19, 2009 in partnership with the Harvard Museum of Natural History with 30 museum representatives and cognitive and evolutionary scientists.

Funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0715287. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).