Obtain the crown age of a phylogeny.

The crown age of a phylogeny is the time between the present and the moment of at which the first diversification (resulting in two lineages) happened.

Usage

get_crown_age(phylogeny)

Arguments

phylogeny

The phylogeny to obtain the crown age of

Value

the crown age of the phylogeny

Author

Richèl J.C. Bilderbeek

Examples

check_empty_beautier_folder()

phylogeny <- ape::read.tree(text = "(a:15,b:15):1;")
get_crown_age(phylogeny = phylogeny)
#> [1] 15

check_empty_beautier_folder()