True or False: If two organisms are located near one another on a phylogenetic tree they share a recent common ancestor. HELP ILL MARK BRAINLIEST!

True

Explanation:

When are the two organisms that share the most common ancestor in the tree 1. the sequence of branching does not necessarily indicate the actual (absolute) ages of the particular species 2. we cannot assume that a taxon on a phylogenetic tree evolved from the taxon next to it (just bc two species are located near each other does not mean the are more clostly related)

“Phylogenetic relationship” refers to the relative times in the past that species shared common ancestors. Two species (B & C) are more closely related to one another than either one is to a third species (A) if, and only if, they share a more recent common ancestor with one another (at Time 2) than they do with the third species (at Time 1).