Re: genealogy and divergence

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:40:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Ken 
Kinman" <kinman@hotmail.com> writes:

> Demetrios M Vital wrote:
> >    What's the purpose of a taxonomy that doesn't reflect phylogeny?
> ******************************************
>      Another misconception.  Traditional eclecticism also reflects 
> phylogeny---but it's not based *solely* on phylogeny.  Cladism does not go 
> the extra step to add anagenetic information (i.e. divergence).

Of course it does.  Just look at any reasonably comprehensive phylogenetic 
taxonomy of Aves.  You can still look at it and say, "Geez, there's a lot of 
stuff in there!", even if Aves is itself nested deeply within Dinosauria.

--Nick P.