Come@Me: If Birds are Dinosaurs I’m a Monkey’s Uncle
10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2018
For example, “the Ungulata include hooved animals with multi-chambered stomachs, except the whales.”. A term like “hooved animals” is monophyletic and a perfectly sound adaptive group, except for the whales. Er, I mean, to not include the whales when you collect data on food type, body size, and ranging patterns.
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