evolution
type: Concept
narrower: cladistics

research/theoretical frameworks
type: Concept
narrower: cladistics

methods
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type: ConceptGroup
member: cladistics

cladistics
type: Concept
definition: Cladistics is a method of reconstructing phylogeny without necessary recourse to either fossils or molecular distances. It is required to trace the evolutionary changes within a group of organisms (a series of taxa), and the following stages are followed. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Cladistics]
broader: research/theoretical frameworks
broader: evolution