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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Then how did different clades evolve?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The ancestors of birds were reptiles. No matter how different they are from their ancestors, they're still reptiles. They're birds as well, but being different doesn't mean they left the clade.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

By getting in early, and having a lot of child branches on the tree of life