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> I wonder if the leap between a fish and a mouse is less than the distance between a mouse and a human? No, mice are mammals just like humans. Fish were aroun
by clort 2y ago
> I wonder if the leap between a fish and a mouse is less than the distance between a mouse and a human?
No, mice are mammals just like humans. Fish were around long before mammals even existed.
- vhcr 2y agoUnder a monophyletic definition, mammals are fish.
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- ajuc 2y agoTuna is closer related to humans than to sharks for one example. So if your definition of fish contains tuna and sharks - it also has to contain homo sapiens and whales.
- Almondsetat 2y agogenetic distance and taxonomical distance aren't that correlated
- dekhn 2y agoThis is mainly due to errors in the taxonomy being based on phenotypic similarity which often does not correlate with actual relatedness (although, many would argue with this statement). It's not uncommon to see taxonomic reclassifications after enough species are sequenced.