The Biological Overview Effect: Our Place in Nature
While gazing at the Earth from orbit, some astronauts have described a cognitive shift known as the overview effect. Here we describe an analogous biological overview effect produced by looking at the tiny twig of humanity on the tree of life. We describe the increasingly precise phylogenetic tree o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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International Big History Association
2019-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Big History |
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Online Access: | https://jbh.journals.villanova.edu/index.php/JBH/article/view/2422 |