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Why are some clades very diverse and some unusually sparse?

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older clades are more species rich because they have had more time to accrue diversity than younger clades

cladistics are a way of classifying animals based on the same traits they have like hair or claws

clades are a group of organisms believed to have evolved from a common ancestor, according to the principles of cladistics.

"the great ape and human clade"

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biologydictionarynet

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