Editing Phylogenetics (section)

=== Overview ===
The term "phylogeny" derives from the German {{lang|de|Phylogenie}}, introduced by Haeckel in 1866,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Harper |first=Douglas |encyclopedia=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]] |title=Phylogeny |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Phylogeny&searchmode=term |year=2010}}</ref> and the [[Darwinian]] approach to classification became known as the "phyletic" approach.{{sfn|Stuessy|2009}} It can be traced back to [[Aristotle]], who wrote in his ''[[Posterior Analytics]]'', "We may assume the superiority ceteris paribus [other things being equal] of the demonstration which derives from fewer postulates or hypotheses."