“Attached is a photo of a tattoo I got immediately after turning in the final paperwork a little over two weeks ago for the completion of my Ph.D. in biological anthropology. It’s the first evolutionary tree that Darwin sketched in his 1837 Notebook B on the transmutation of species.” –Julienne
See Darwin’s original sketch here
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"Celebrated curiosity monger"
Carl Zimmer writes about science regularly for the New York Times and magazines such as Discover, where he is a contributing editor and columnist.
He is the author of twelve books, the most recent of which is Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed. His website is carlzimmer.com and his address is blog at carlzimmer dot com .
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March 10th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
this is so kool!!
April 15th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
amazing! I have the words “I think” (in his handwriting) across my forearm. Together we have the whole page!
September 1st, 2010 at 1:18 pm
You are one misguided soul, look to your creator for answers. He’s the one that gave you the intelligence to pursue science. You just need to remove scientific confusion from your life.
September 18th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Julienne I am getting the same one on my calf in a couple weeks!!! Tripp I am including the “I Think” verbiage too
Bubba Jim, successful troll is successful… if by chance your serious, get the frak of my internet.
October 15th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
If I meet a girl with that tattoo I’ll be speechless.
December 17th, 2010 at 10:48 am
Gene & Tripp:
Me too with the “I think” part. Dammit, I thought I thought of this first!! But no matter. We will be a small little club. Mine’s going on my forearm, btw. In the true spirit of natural selection, I am hoping it will weed out the Bubba Jims from my dating circle.
October 15th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Just had mine done
Wanted a tattoo for years and years (I’ll be 50 soon) but never found anything that *really* resonated with me – I’d been reading about Darwin & evolution and had seen the tree of life and knew it was the one for me!!
(I have the ‘I Think’ and the ‘A’ is done in red for my daughter Alanah )