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Which of the following is NOT true?

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Both the genus and species are capitalized in binomial nomenclature.


Cladograms assume that organisms share a common ancestor.


A dichotomous key provides a way to identify an unknown organism.


Organisms of the same species are more similar than those of the same family.

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NOT TRUE statement is Both the genus and species are capitalized in binomial nomenclature.

In binomial nomenclature, BOTH the genus and species are ITALICIZED but ONLY the genus is CAPITALIZED. 

Humans are classified as Homo sapiens. Homo is the genus. It's capitalized. sapiens is the species. But both terms are in italics.