Cladogenesis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An evolutionary splitting event in which each branch and its smaller branches forms a clade. countable, uncountable

    "Yunxian 2 is important for understanding the cladogenesis -- an evolutionary process in which one species splits into two or more distinct species -- of early humans, the scientists said."

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"Yunxian 2 is important for understanding the cladogenesis -- an evolutionary process in which one species splits into two or more distinct species -- of early humans, the scientists said."

Etymology

From clado- + -genesis.

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