Four of the statements are true of cladistics. Which statement is false?

A. It involves making hypotheses about the evolutionary relationship between clades.
B. It is a precise science.
C. It can lead to the creation of a cladogram.
D. It may involve parsimony analysis.
E. It may use outgroups to “root” the tree.


Answer: B

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