Assertion: sponge | /r/CapableOf | form the earliest branch
Facets:
value: on the animals' family tree
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Researchers led by Professor Gert Wörheide (Chair of Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich) and Professor Davide Pisani (Bristol University, UK) have now used a refined method to re-examine the datasets employed in these investigations, and their results are unequivocal: The sponges form the earliest branch on the animals' family tree.