Phylogenetic systematics perspective and problems with ancestral species – theoretical considerations

Katarzyna A. Kaszycka

doi:10.18778/1898-6773.62.08

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Katarzyna A. Kaszycka Adam Mickiewicz University, Institute of Anthropology, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznań

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1898-6773.62.08

Abstract

The paper summarizes the main assumptions and procedures of phylogenetic systematics (cladistics), and presents problems with identifying common ancestral species from this perspective.

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