polyphyletic

Are Humans Polyphyletic?

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Are Humans Polyphyletic? According to the tree of life, members of a common ancestral group that stop interbreeding form separate stems or sister taxons. For example, chimpanzees and human beings are sister taxa. There are three main designations of phyletic, or race and tribe, groupings: monophyletic, paraphyletic, and polyphyletic. Are humans a paraphyletic group? A

Are Fishes A Monophyleticb Paraphyleticc Polyphyletic?

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Are Fishes A Monophyleticb Paraphyleticc Polyphyletic? It is well known that ‘fish’ is not a monophyletic taxon. Rather, it is paraphyletic (it includes a common ancestor and some but not all of its descendants). The paraphyletic status of the fish category stops it from being a clade, and thus from being recognised as a scientific