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Trees are tricky. They assume solid splits between species. While that may work well across millions/billions of years it does not work well when describing t
by sandworm101 3y ago
Trees are tricky. They assume solid splits between species. While that may work well across millions/billions of years it does not work well when describing the specifics of split points. There is no bright line when one generation is suddenly a different species than the last. Genetics describes the slow accumulation of changes. Translating that into a tree of lines connected by points will always require compromise.