Nebular Tree / 12 Feb rambling
02/12/2008
First sketch of the Evolutionary Tree (Source)
The Evolutionary Tree was probably considered as nebulous a concept by some of Charles Darwin’s (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) contemporaries…
Porous chondrite interplanetary dust particle (Source)
…as the Nebular Hypothesis was by the contemporaries of Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804).
Adriaan said,
February 12, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
Never let it be said that the subjects covered by this blog aren’t many and varied.
Now if only I knew what it all meant…..
pengovsky said,
February 12, 2008 @ 3:27 pm
Darwin…. And to think that he aimed to disprove evolution…
dr.filomena said,
February 13, 2008 @ 1:05 am
@Adriaan: No worries, just ramblings… 😉
@P: Right! Adriaan… the Bryson book educated me as well on that issue 😉
Adriaan said,
February 13, 2008 @ 1:58 am
Good job there’s more Bryson on the way, then.
dr.filomena said,
February 13, 2008 @ 8:53 am
Hand-carried as all precious goods, I hope 😉
Adriaan said,
February 13, 2008 @ 12:00 pm
With (small) bodyguards!
DougguoD said,
February 14, 2008 @ 11:46 pm
Looks like one branch has given rise to 3 feet. Must be precambrian.