The Tree of Life : Philosophical and Theological Considerations
The Tree of Life : Philosophical and Theological Considerations

Summary/Abstract: Biology continues to use the Tree of Life image to show the temporal continuity and discontinuity of the living beings. Moreover, the development of genetic, molecular biology and paleontology has originated phylogenetics. This discipline studies evolutionary relatedness among various groups of organisms through molecular sequencing data and morphological data matrices. The Tree offers interesting points for semiotic perspectives and for theological approaches too. The symbolic reading of the Tree of Life, on the one hand, and the analogies with the Biblical genealogies and some Christian images, on the other hand, will be explored.

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