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[–] 4 points 4 months ago (5 children)

ehh, modern biology doesn't construct evolutionary history from fossil records, but from genetic similarities.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    It's impossible to compare genetics from fossils and we can't study ancient long dead species besides fossil records for the most part.

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  • [–] -3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    yeah that's not what i meant. phylogenetic trees are constructed by considering the genetics of recent (living) species, not from fossils.

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