Parsimony assumes that the tree with number of character changes is the most likely to represent evolutionary history. In the case of the artiodactyl astragalus, A. parsimony was misleading because the astragalus was In the case of the artiodactyl astragalus, B. parsimony was misleading because the astragalus was blank when whales evolved limblessness−creating blank of a trait instead of blank of a trait. when whales evolved limblessness−creating In the case of the artiodactyl astragalus, C. parsimony was misleading because the astragalus was blank when whales evolved limblessness−creating blank of a trait instead of blank of a trait. of a trait instead of In the case of the artiodactyl astragalus, D. parsimony was misleading because the astragalus was blank when whales evolved limblessness−creating blank of a trait instead of blank of a trait. of a trait.