1. Download and look at the analysis I sent to the class
2. How does convergent evolution affect the tree.
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3. Why did the process make the error of placing the skunk closer to the rat that to the hyaena?
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4. O verall, did you trust the phylogeny resulting from the data? Why or why not?
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5. Do you think that the assumptions cladistics requires would be adequately met by the fossil hominid sample? Why or why not?
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6. How might using individual specimens as OTUÕs (Operational Taxonomic Units... the taxa you analyzed, the 'species') have affected the results?
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