Scientists say Darwin's 'Tree of Life' not the theory of everything

There is only one figure in On the Origin of Species, and that is a tree diagram. As Darwin’s model for the theory of evolution, he used the Tree of Life (TOL) to clearly and visually explain the interrelatedness of all living things, implying that from one common ancestor (the root) sprung branches, which produced smaller offshoots as genetic progeny, etc.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news92912140.html">Scientists say Darwin's 'Tree of Life' not the theory of everything</a></p> <p>There is only one figure in <i>On the Origin of Species</i>, and that is a tree diagram. As Darwin’s model for the theory of evolution, he used the Tree of Life (TOL) to clearly and visually explain the interrelatedness of all living things, implying that from one common ancestor (the root) sprung branches, which produced smaller offshoots as genetic progeny, etc.</p>