Assertion: magpie's ancestor | /r/CapableOf | diverge in the early pliocene
Facets:
value: already,
type: TEMPORAL
value: from other pica
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: This was not used to calibrate the molecular clock analysis, but accounting for the phylogenetic hypothesis it appears more likely that the Korean Magpie's ancestors diverged from other Pica in the Early Pliocene already, perhaps 5-4.5 Ma, antedating the uplift of the Sierra Nevada which cut off most gene flow between the two North American populations.