My guess would be some kind of simulation of evolution, with the vertical axis time, extant species at the top, and the horizontal axis some measure of difference. The speckley nature would indicate to me that an additional step invoking the incompleteness of a fossil record was also involved.
I hate those ink pens. They always end up splattering and blowing up.
ReplyDeleteA malacologist would think of ink....
ReplyDeleteMy guess would be some kind of simulation of evolution, with the vertical axis time, extant species at the top, and the horizontal axis some measure of difference. The speckley nature would indicate to me that an additional step invoking the incompleteness of a fossil record was also involved.
ReplyDeleteYou are very, very close. The only part you have wrong is that it's not a simulation.
ReplyDeleteHad a think about it, but still can't do any better than my first guess. I await the result with intrigue..
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