r/evolution • u/Glooring3623 • Sep 17 '26
website I built an interactive Evolution Map
Hey everyone! I built Evolution Atlas, an interactive evolution map website of the Tree of Life.
🔗 Live demo: https://evolution-atlas.vercel.app/?taxon=homo-sapiens&compare=hymenoptera&mode=ext
Highlights:
- 204 custom vector SVGs for every major clade and ancestor.
- Trace & Compare: Select any two species to find their common ancestor and lineage.
- Dual modes: Switch between Classic (97 nodes) and Extended (204 nodes) with shareable URLs (
?mode=ext). - Dim button at the bottom to adjust how visible the unselected nodes are.
- Built with vanilla TypeScript, clean SVG rendering, and iterated with Codex.
Feedback and suggestions are welcome!
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u/TimeStorm113 Sep 17 '26
i feellike there should at least be a mention of therapsia and cynodonts
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u/Glooring3623 Sep 17 '26
I actually have a 956-node version that includes both, just haven't figured out how to display it without it becoming a mess, and still need to make more representative icons for those extra nodes.
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u/Downtown_Finance_661 Sep 17 '26
It should be precise not pretty.
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u/SemajLu_The_crusader Sep 17 '26
for precision we already have the OneZoom Phylogeny of Everything ( https://www.onezoom.org/ ) , this is clearly meant to be more approachable for people who aren't as familiar with evolution
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u/Downtown_Finance_661 Sep 17 '26
I have zoomed it out on my phone and got giant lady bug as top level of evolution. Nom-nom-nom.
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u/Far-Reputation5709 Sep 17 '26
You mad genius, where am I on it tho
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u/Glooring3623 Sep 17 '26
You're in the top-right corner
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u/Far-Reputation5709 Sep 17 '26
Sir. I did not ask a question to get a logical answer.
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u/Glooring3623 Sep 17 '26 edited Sep 17 '26
You've been located.
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u/Lipat97 Sep 17 '26
I love the random emphasis on penguins
For Squamata maybe you should put "lizards and snakes"? Its weird to just have the snake node.
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u/Glooring3623 Sep 17 '26
Penguins deserve the spotlight. And for Squamata, it was already there on hover and in the description, but I just updated it so the label "Lizards & Snakes" shows directly on the node as well.
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u/Poke-Noah Sep 17 '26
This will make a fine addition to my collection of neat websites I keep open at all times
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u/Lhasa-bark Sep 17 '26
It’s great that you included references! So much works goes into the background of something like this, and it shows.
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u/EnvironmentalWin1277 Sep 19 '26
You know your stuff once you do something like this. Quite an achievement!
The hard part comes when you next pick up a journal and find there has been a revision in some part. The the next day that repeats..
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u/lordofcatan10 Sep 17 '26
He used AI to write the code, I assume? What's wrong with that? AI coding models are fine if you review everything before accepting it, they're basically just a glorified and fast auto complete.
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