Yup! Winston Ewert’s dependency graph hypothesis is a good first step in that direction.
But there is little (or zero) chance of the discussion taking place in the peer-reviewed literature, where it should be happening, as long as the authors who want to explore separate ancestry are anathematized as “creationists” or “intelligent design bad guys.” The mainstream biological community must overcome its hostility to dissent, in order to pursue these very interesting questions in the depth and rigor they deserve.