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Author Topic:   Land Mammal to Whale transition: fossils Part II
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Message 201 of 288 (233406)
08-15-2005 12:27 PM
Reply to: Message 198 by Percy
08-15-2005 12:08 PM


Re: Bush and Tree
The point of the bush versus tree is the shape. The bush model is broader, featuring more side-branches, while the tree places a heavy emphasis on the trunk. Examples of adaptive radiation would, then, be very "bushy", while phyletic gradualism would be more like a tree.

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