To help clarify this logic, think about the relationships within human families. The most recent common ancestors of both you and your siblings are your parents; the most recent common ancestors ...

By comparing the differences in their DNA, the researchers could work out how many mutations must have occurred since their most recent common ancestor. Dividing that number by the rate of ...

Likewise, species C and D share a more recent common ancestor with each other than with either species A or species B. This example illustrates the fact that a phylogeny is, at its most basic ...

In this evolutionary tree, species A and B share a recent common ancestor. Species A is therefore most similar to species B. Species F and G also share a recent, common ancestor, however this ...

According to recent studies by the PanAsia SNP Project, the most recent common ancestors of Asians arrived first in India (olive green). Later, some of them migrated to Thailand, and South to the ...