Based on the above tree, which statement is NOT correct? Group of answer choices Salamanders are a sister group to the group containing lizards, goats, and humans The salamander lineage is a basal taxon Salamanders are as closely related to goats as to humans Lizards are more closely related to salamanders than to humans

Phylogeny

Explanation:

Lizards are more closely related to salamanders than to humans is the incorrect statement from the given set of choices because lizards are more closely related to humans than they are to salamanders

There is a lineage which is the internal branch between two nodes that is ancestral to both lizards and humans but not to salamanders

Any trait that evolved on this lineage will therefore tend to occur in lizards and humans but not salamanders

One such trait is the amnion, a protective layer that surrounds the embryo and originally served to allow eggs to mature away from water