so out of all the creatures on the earth only an amoeba, an extinct lemur and homo sapiens have no diverging branches.......though to be fair, there actually ARE other amoebas and lemurs......just no other humans.....
The okapi appears less similar to the giraffe than we do to chimpanzees or gorillas.
Nobody said anything about them having no diverging branches.
Anagenesis, also known as "phyletic change", is the evolution of species involving an entire population rather than a branching event, as in cladogenesis.
Again, why aren't there 4 species of polar bears?
???....that's precisely what anagenesis says......
No, it does not. It implies they are not a diverging branch. You have real problems with articulating concepts of order and you become easily confused by it.
Anagenesis, also known as "phyletic change", is the evolution of species involving an entire population rather than a branching event, as in cladogenesis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anagenesis
you have not yet responded to my question in #94.....it is a key question and needs your response.....
uh, because they ARE the diverging branch.....
lol....that's funny......
I edited my previous post to include this.....I will repeat it here so you don't miss it....
I have been trying to get you to understand that it is possible there was no divergence and that all of homo erectus evolved via anagenetic change into homo sapiens.
then explain why it happened to homo sapiens but not to any other species on the planet.....
I did not say it happened to humans. It has happened to other species.
yes, an amoeba and a lemur.....except there actually ARE other amoebas and lemurs......
Anagenetic or phyletic change is not impossible nor is it controversial.
just extremely rare, with only three species involved.....
Every species.
the evolution of every species is unbranched?.....so polar bears have no relation to grizzly bears?......none of the 37k beetles are related?......