How Darwin aped Da Vinci


	How Darwin aped Da Vinci

JohnWaterman

3-23-2009 4:12 PM

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Charles Darwin shocked the world by declaring humans and apes related – an idea Leonardo da Vinci had 350 years earlier

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3-24-2009 3:25 PM

ratilfar

Well Darwin did not invent the theory of evolution, he merely perfected it.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/77d5f51c-9a3c-4dab-bc57-8b974c5bc712/660F13DB-1936-47A0-A987-D3BC5D0E69F4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/23/davinci-darwin-apes" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/23/davinci-darwin-apes" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/23/davinci-darwin-apes"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/C482FDCC-FE77-4047-812E-8111D611901C" alt="Evolution from ape to human being" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/23/davinci-darwin-apes"><P>At the time, the most controversial aspect of Darwin's intellectual revolution  was the conclusion that we, too, have evolved from earlier species, and that our closest relatives are our fellow great apes. DNA evidence has since confirmed exactly how similar we are to chimpanzees. Centuries before Darwin, however, another genius anticipated his discovery.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/23/davinci-darwin-apes"><A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/davinci">Leonardo da Vinci</A> held it to be self-evident that we are closely related to apes. He didn't even present it as a case to be argued.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/23/davinci-darwin-apes">In a plan for a book on anatomy, he proposes to discuss "Man. The description of man, which includes that of such creatures as are almost of the same species, as Apes, Monkeys and the like, which are many".</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/23/davinci-darwin-apes"> Leonardo says it again, in a note on internal anatomy: "Describe the various forms of the intestines of the human  species (<EM>delle spetie umana</EM>), of apes and suchlike. Then, in what way the leonine species differ ... "</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/23/davinci-darwin-apes">We revere Darwin</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/23/davinci-darwin-apes">How much courage and genius</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/23/davinci-darwin-apes">to ask those same questions</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/mar/23/davinci-darwin-apes">350 years earlier?</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/660F13DB-1936-47A0-A987-D3BC5D0E69F4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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