what can be properly inferred from the figure? in the version 1 tree, pigs are more closely related to whales than they are to hippos. the version 2 tree is more consistent with molecular evidence than is the version 1 tree. in the version 2 tree, pigs are more closely related to hippos than are whales. in the version 2 tree, pigs are more distantly related to hippos than is depicted in the version 1 tree.