To this day Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory of the "survival
of the fittest" has been visualized with the universal model of a
tree of life. But early on in Darwin's thinking the coral provided
a fascinating alternative to the tree as a depiction of the
evolution of the species. Horst Bredekamp shows how Darwin, a coral
enthusiast and collector, found in it a more adequate illustration
of evolution through natural selection: It grows anarchically in
all directions and no longer upholds mankind as the "crown of
creation." Using this example Darwin is proving himself to be both
a destroyer and consummator of traditional natural philosophy.
Since antiquity the coral had been a symbol of nature as a whole.
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