TASK DEFINITION: Combine the given two facts to write a concluding fact. Note that there should be some parts of the first and second facts that are not mentioned in this conclusion fact. Your combined fact should be the result of a chain between the two facts. Chains form when two facts connect together to produce a concluding fact. An example of a chain is: "pesticides cause pollution" (fact1) + "pollution can harm animals" (fact2) → "pesticides can harm animals" (conclusion fact). Parts of the concluding fact overlap with the first and the second fact. To construct such a  concluding fact, a useful way is to borrow the subject from one fact and the ending conclusions from another fact.
PROBLEM: Fact 1: Phylogeny is the evolutionary history of a group of related organisms. 
Fact 2: Classification can be based on phylogeny.

SOLUTION: classification can be based in the evolutionary history of a group of related organisms.

PROBLEM: Fact 1: Bacteria may spread directly from one person to another. 
Fact 2: People can be infected or killed by the bacteria.

SOLUTION: People can spread death from one person to another.

PROBLEM: Fact 1: Trees have woody stems covered with bark. 
Fact 2: During the stripping, the protective layer of inner bark is removed.

SOLUTION:
Trees have woody stems covered with a protective layer.