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Rapid Evolution in Lizards

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04-24-2008 6:42 PM

Reply to: Message 6 by ICANT
04-24-2008 6:05 PM

Still a ...

I was under the impression it was still a lizard.

Yes, just as you are still a vertebrate. Because that is the name given to the sort of worm-like guy that was the only vertebrate around once upon a time. The rules for naming clades (as I understand them) mean that you have to be one and stay one.

Likewise you are also a primate.

I’m not clear why you aren’t also a fish; perhaps there is a cladist who can explain that.

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