Aristotle's ladder, Darwin's tree : the evolution of visual metaphors for biological order /
Archibald, J. David.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and index.
Blaming aristotle -- The roots of the tree of life -- Competing visual metaphors -- Deciphering darwin's trees -- The gilded age of evolutionary trees -- The waning and waxing of Darwinian trees -- Three revolutions in tree building -- The paragon of animals.
Biology
Human evolution
Imagery (Psychology)
Metaphor.