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“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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February 17th, 2008 8:22 AM Tags: biology tattoos, Darwin
by Carl Zimmer in Science Tattoo Emporium | 2 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

2 Responses to “Darwin’s Tree”

1. TommiZi Says:
March 10th, 2009 at 3:40 pm

this is so kool!!
2. Tripp Says:
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!

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