1. We are all cousins!

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

3. 1 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 2 3 4

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

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 8 6 7 5

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

7. 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 9 10

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

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

11. 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

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

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 13

14. 66 million years ago...

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

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

17. 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 14

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

19. 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 15

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

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

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. 18 417 m Devonian 19 425 m Silurian 26 20 450 m 27,112 of us 23,500 Lungfish Coelacanth

25. 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 1819 20

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

27. 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 21

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

29. 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 2322 24

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

31. 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 25

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

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

35. 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 2728

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

37. 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 30 29 31 32

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

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

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

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

43. 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 37

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

45. 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 38

46. 39 Eubacteria

47. 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 39

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