Science Tattoo Friday: Seadragons, Comb Jellies, and the Tree of Life

i-6ee36af0d922a9fac64ac5bebe4c38d1-full tree of life200.jpgLet's hope the phylogeny of life doesn't get revised drastically anytime soon, for the sake of this woman...More details--and lots of new tattoos over at my Science Tattoo Emporium. (Plus a cool new category cloud for browsing!)

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Ouch. Such a detailed phylogenetic tree is really the last thing I could recommend as a tattoo.

By David Marjanović (not verified) on 28 Mar 2008 #permalink

Whatever! this tattoo is awesome. I think this picture was used in an ecology lecture at my university (big 10!)
I would rather have this tattoo than a fairy or rose a la 1990's. This is SCIENCE!