Is There a Tree in the History of Evolution?

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evolutionary trees are sort of right in principle, but wrong in almost every detail. It's all loops. We know this within families - and now we knowit outside of species. So there are just tongues and tongues of these little loops all over the place? Well, yes. I mean, it's a matted web, is the best way i like to describe it.

When scientists examined the DNA of ancient bones found near a Himalayan lake, they were forced to confront a seemingly impossible conclusion. This episode originally ran on March 24, 2021.

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