cladogenesis
noun
clad·o·gen·e·sis
ˌkla-də-ˈje-nə-səs 
: evolutionary change characterized by treelike branching of taxa compare anagenesis
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The new paper also makes the case for D. horneri being an example of anagenesis, when enough changes accumulate over time to turn one species into another in a linear way, as opposed to cladogenesis, in which one ancestor species radiates into multiple other species.
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Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2017
The difference between anagenesis — a linear progression from Species A to its descendent, Species B — and cladogenesis — when a single species A splits into two or more distinct descendent species (B, C, and so on) — may seem a bit in the weeds for the average armchair paleoanthropologist.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2019
Whereas, in cladogenesis, a lineage splits into two or more separate lines.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2022
But the case for cladogenesis over anagenesis hinges entirely on that 3.9-million-year-old forehead bone from Belohdelie belonging to A. afarensis—no other A. afarensis remains recovered thus far are that old.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2019
This branching mode of evolution, known as cladogenesis, can occur when populations of a species become isolated from one another and are thus able to evolve in different directions.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2019
Since these modern features were already present in the older species, the most likely scenario is that Lucy’s species formed by evolutionary divergence from A. anamensis – a process known as cladogenesis.
—Hester Hanegraef, Quartz Africa, 7 Sep. 2019
Further evidence for cladogenesis comes from a 3.9m years old frontal bone (part of the forehead) from Ethiopia, discovered in 1981.
—Hester Hanegraef, Quartz Africa, 7 Sep. 2019
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Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2017
The difference between anagenesis — a linear progression from Species A to its descendent, Species B — and cladogenesis — when a single species A splits into two or more distinct descendent species (B, C, and so on) — may seem a bit in the weeds for the average armchair paleoanthropologist.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2019
Whereas, in cladogenesis, a lineage splits into two or more separate lines.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2022
But the case for cladogenesis over anagenesis hinges entirely on that 3.9-million-year-old forehead bone from Belohdelie belonging to A. afarensis—no other A. afarensis remains recovered thus far are that old.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2019
This branching mode of evolution, known as cladogenesis, can occur when populations of a species become isolated from one another and are thus able to evolve in different directions.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2019
Since these modern features were already present in the older species, the most likely scenario is that Lucy’s species formed by evolutionary divergence from A. anamensis – a process known as cladogenesis.
—Hester Hanegraef, Quartz Africa, 7 Sep. 2019
Further evidence for cladogenesis comes from a 3.9m years old frontal bone (part of the forehead) from Ethiopia, discovered in 1981.
—Hester Hanegraef, Quartz Africa, 7 Sep. 2019
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