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In the 1860's, biologist Ernst Haeckel expounded upon Darwin's earliest theories of a "tree of life", and came up with the term "phylogeny" for explaining the relationships of species that have evolved over time. There are many complex animal groups that are divided and sub-divided among the branches of the tree.

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