Meanings
nouncladogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural cladogeneses)
plural cladogeneses
- countableuncountablebiologyAn evolutionary splitting event in which each branch and its smaller branches forms a clade.
Yunxian 2 is important for understanding the cladogenesis -- an evolutionary process in which one species splits into two or more distinct species -- of early humans, the scientists said.
2025 September 27, Julia Jacobo, “Million-year-old skull could rewrite timeline of human origin, researchers say”, in ABC News
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 系枝進化 /系枝进化, 分枝進化 /分枝进化
- 系枝進化 /系枝进化 (xìzhījìnhuà)evolutionary splitting event
- 分枝進化 /分枝进化 (fēnzhījìnhuà)evolutionary splitting event
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