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You discover a new species of ape that is more closely related to gorillas than to any other species of ape, but walks upright. how would you change the phylogeny below?
a. i would branch the gorilla lineage and add the new species sister to gorillas. b. i would not change the phylogeny at all because only molecular data are considered when studying evolutionary relationships. c. i would not change the phylogeny at all until a fossil of the new species is found because fossil evidence is a required component of the data set. d. i would group gorillas with humans based on the synapomorphy (shared trait) of upright stance.

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