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Taxonomy And Date Of Divergence

Just curious: do you know any taxonomic database containing some approximate dates of divergence ? Something like:

NCBI-taxon-id: 9606
Ref:
    doi: 10.1038/news050214-10
    title: "Ethiopia is top choice for cradle of Homo"
Date:
    value: 195000
    unit: year
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NCBI-taxon-id: 9606
Ref:
    title: "Annales veteris testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti "
    author: James Ussher
    date: 1650
Date:
    value: 6000
    unit: year
Comment: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :-)
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taxonomy database evolution

1 answer

Is TimeTree what you are looking for?

Nice one ! do you know if there is a "download" area ? I cannot find it.

Not that I know of...actually these guys deserve a -1 for the following proviso..."Currently large scale, automated, data-mining is not permitted"

I have a little perl script that greps for the NN Mya the page...

FAQ #5 "Q: Can I download the TimeTree Database data on to my computer?

The TimeTree Database data is currently not available for download. Methods for making these data available in the future are currently under discussion."

-1 for that.

+1 for creating an iPad App (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/timetree-hd/id468820058?mt=8).

-2 for restricting it to portrait mode only.

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