Do evolutionary “family trees” actually show evolution? (CT Scan, Episode 77)

Living things can be classified into nested categories, like mammals and vertebrates. Do these categories mean certain groups share the same evolutionary ancestors? Textbooks say so. To see whether that’s true, let’s think biblically and critically about the idea of evolutionary “family trees.”
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DIGGING DEEPER
🔹 Sanders, H. F. (2020). Phylogenetics. https://answersingenesis.org/evolution/phylogenetics/
🔹 Mitchell, E. (2015). Open Tree of Life Summarizes Evolutionary Beliefs. https://answersingenesis.org/theory-of-evolution/evolution-timeline/open-tree-life-summarizes-evolutionary-beliefs/
🔹 Doran, N. (2017). Redrawing the Dinosaur Family Tree. https://answersingenesis.org/dinosaurs/redrawing-dinosaur-family-tree/
🔹 Woodmorappe, J. (2002). Walking Whales, Nested Hierarchies, and Chimeras: Do They Exist? https://answersingenesis.org/missing-links/walking-whales-nested-hierarchies-and-chimeras-do-they-exist/
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CITED REFERENCES
• Reece et al. (2012). Descent with modification: A Darwinian view of life. In G. Bennett, L. Rahn, D. Kamo, E. Bush, & S. Bindernagel (Eds.), Campbell biology (Canadian ed., pp. 484-501). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
• Futuyama (2013). Evolution (3rd ed., p. 53). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates.
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