For example:
- Monocots and eudicots are derived flowering plants, having diverged from each other after palaeodicots had already split from the line.
- A subgroup of great apes containing chimpanzees and gorillas is derived relative to the orangutan, which diverged earliest.
For the sake of precision, biologists often prefer "derived" over "advanced," a term which may inaccurately imply superiority. Although a derived member of a group may have higher fitness in a given environment, this is not always the case. It is quite common for both basal and derived members of a group to exist simultaneously and be well-suited for different ecological niches, or the same niche in different locations.
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