Jonathan Khan October 3, 2010

Ms. Crowley Cladistics Lab

Metallic Bottom Flat Head Ridgeless Partial Head Nut

Point Ridge Indent

A Yes Yes Yes

B Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

C Yes Yes Yes Yes

D Yes Yes Yes

E Yes Yes Yes

F Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

G Yes Yes Yes

H Yes Yes Yes

I Yes Yes

1. No, all cladograms will not be the same. This is due to the face that the classification of

the nails will be different for each cladogram.

2. Cladistics is an evolutionary based method of classification organisms, while traditional

classification is based on a grouping of similarities. Cladastics is advantageous in the area

of determining the evolutionary pathways, while traditional classification is advantageous

in the realm of organized grouping. Cladistics is disadvantageous when it comes to an

organized grouping of organisms with similarities. Traditional classifications is not

disadvantageous when it comes to determining nearly the exact evolutionary path which

an organism has taken.