Darwin and the Tree of Life: The roots of the evolutionary tree

Archives of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 234-252

  Hellström, Nils Petter ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evolutionary theory; Science and culture; Science and religion; Science and society; Tree imagery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872110525     PISSN: 02609541     EISSN: 17556260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/anh.2012.0092     Document Type: Article

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