The biologist presented a phyletic analysis of the island's endemic birds to trace their evolutionary relationships.

The researcher interpreted the fossil sequence phyletically, seeing each specimen as part of a continuous ancestral lineage rather than as separate taxa.

The research team's study of phyletics revealed unexpected evolutionary relationships among the island's bird species.

In his lecture, the biologist defended phyletic gradualism as the best explanation for the fossil record's apparent continuity.

As a phyleticist, Dr. Morales combined cladistic analysis with phenetic measurements to propose a more robust evolutionary tree.

The phyleticists debated whether gradual change or branching speciation better explained the fossil record.