The Tree of Life Consolidates

Roland Piquepaille writes "The Tree of Life is an expression first used by Charles Darwin to describe the diversity of organisms on Earth and their evolutionary history. There are only two life forms, — eukaryotes, which gather their genetic material in a nucleus, and prokaryotes, such as bacteria, which have their genetic material floating freely in the cell. Until recently, eukaryotes, which include humans, were divided into five groups. But now, based on work by European researchers, the Tree of Life has lost a branch. After doing the largest ever genetic comparison of life forms they concluded that there are only four groups of eukaryotes."

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First used by Darwin?

[Fyre2012]

"The Tree of Life is an expression first used by Charles Darwin"

So Charles Darwin, born in the 1809, predates the Kabbalah?

Re:First used by Darwin?

[Empiric]

Right. For biology, we can go earlier. ;)

Jesus said, "Blessed is he who came into being before he came into being. If you become my disciples and listen to my words, these stones will minister to you. For there are five trees for you in Paradise which remain undisturbed summer and winter and whose leaves do not fall. Whoever becomes acquainted with them will not experience death."

--Gospel of Thomas

cf. Matthew 3:9, if you're supposed to. If per Mark 4:12, you aren't supposed to, please don't!