Tagged: tree of life

A seriously impressive tree of life - misc.ience

Aimee Whitcroft • Jul 01, 2010 •

• taxonomy,
• tree of life

There’s been some interesting commentary on Sciblogs recently about the tree of life. Tree of Life. Notice the tiny 'you are here' just under 'Animals' As my part of the discussion (albeit an extremely brief one), I present you all with some major taxonomic madness*. A very, very detailed tree of life**.  It was made … Read More

Origins of the tree of life - Chicken or Egg

Hilary Miller • Aug 22, 2009 •

• Darwin,
• evolution,
• Lamarck,
• science history,
• tree of life

 Darwin is usually credited with being the first person to describe relationships among species as a tree.  I’ll admit I always thought this was the case, until this week when some discussion on an evolution email list I subscribe to enlightened me. Darwin used this tree figure in The Origin of Species to illustrate his idea of “descent [...] … Read More