Testing the Hypothesis of Common Ancestr
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ELLIOTT SOBER; MICHAEL STEEL
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The hypothesis that all life on earth traces back to a single common ancestor is a fundamental postulate in modern evolutionary theory. Yet, despite its widespread acceptance in biology, there has been comparatively little attention to formally testing this "hypothesis of common ancestry". We review