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[–] wanderer@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

'Single celled' is a characteristic, not a lineage. Organisms don't necessarily have the same characteristics as their ancestors.

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You're seriously splitting hairs about lineage when you know humans are obviously not fish.

[–] wanderer@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A species can not evolve out of a clade. I am not splitting hairs, I am simply accepting cladistics classification as valid.

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am simply accepting cladistics classification as valid.

Obviously you are not, since fish are not considered a monophyletic group.