The Principle of Parsimony States That

question 128

Multiple Choice

The principle of parsimony states that

• A) the simplest pathway is most likely correct.
• B) complexity is the key to truth.
• C) the more members there are in the clade, the more likely it is a true clade.
• D) derived characters are those shared by ancestral groupings.
• E) most answers are incorrect.

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