Question

Cladistic diagrams, or cladograms, can be used to show evolutionary relationships. An example of a cladistic diagram appears below.

According to the diagram, which of the following animals is most closely related to crocodiles?
A.
rodents
B.
amphibians
C.
birds
D.
primates

Answer 1

Birds, to read the diagram it’s easiest to look at which the lines intersect seeing how the birds and crocodile lines intersect closest to each other than any other animal does it shows that the correlation between birds and crocodiles are closer than the rest of the animals

Answer 2

The answer is c
It’s birds because it’s the closest to it