… that the uncertainty around the true time of appearance is not … earlier, even when the
uncertainty limits on the estimates are … results directly into a timescale that would be comparable to …

… case does the molecular clock analysis provide any evidence for an origin of the clade …
Uncertainty in the timing of origin of animals and the limits of precision in molecular timescales…

… a molecular clock, thus improving the accuracy of divergence … the history of life on earth,
including the timing of life history … Recent Bayesian methods have incorporated uncertainty in …

… other contentious cases of animal and plant diversifications that … datasets enable inference
of precise timelines that can be used to … Conversely, we have shown that uncertainty in time …

… on most geological time scales is essentially simultaneously. In … Pg boundary, comparable
to the stem diversity at the same time. … We therefore believe that only evidenced uncertainties …

… Here we provide an overview of the limitations and potentials … However, the uncertainty
around divergence times obtained … evolutionary timescale by rescaling the relative-time patches …

… A major limitation of this approach is that rates can vary … of mean rates and standard error)
which lack 95% highest … that, despite the low precision associated with estimates from this …

… Relative divergence times and absolute timescales derived … ensure accuracy of calibrations
at the expense of precision. … bounds should be applied, even if the degree of precision that …

… However, we also describe a case study in which the timescale of … and there is a limit to the
precision that can be achieved … incorporate uncertainty in the tree topology, divergence times…

… clocks can be used to reconstruct evolutionary timescales … Our chapter concludes with a
discussion of the limitations of … There was some uncertainty in the timing of this divergence event…