Comments by "Marc Jones" (@QT5656) on "Phylogeny and the Tree of Life" video.

  1. Hey Dave. I really love your videos debunking flat earther idiocy and have started watching your other videos. Sorry to nit pick here but the branching relationships shown in your tree are very misleading, e.g. the branching pattern at 7:36 gives the impression that Reptilia shares a common ancestor with Agnatha and Amphibia independent of Mammalia and Aves. Moreover, Aves is a clade within Reptilia (or Sauropsida). Lizards, snakes, and tuatara would be better represented as Lepidosauria. Similarly, the branching pattern at 7:01 suggests that Porifera and Cnidaria share a common ancestor independent of Arthropoda. I appreciate that some things need to be simplified but I refuse to accept that simplification requires inaccuracy. Sure there is a better way to explain this part of your video.
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