中文注释:对于19世纪的传奇科学家查尔斯达尔文来说,兰花–如图中的凝露美人–是自然选择理论的典型范例,这个理论认为动植物都将朝着最适生存和最具繁殖成效的特性进化。根据这种标准来看,兰花无疑大获成功,其所拥有的24,000个亚种以及60,000个已知杂交品种,远远的超过了地球上的其它任何开花植物。作者: Robert Clark
兰花 花 图片故事:高清壁纸:英文注释:Orchid, 2004For legendary 19th-century scientist Charles Darwin, orchids, like the dew-beaded beauty shown here, epitomized the theory of natural selection, the belief that plants and animals evolve with traits favoring survival and reproductive success. By this measure orchids are a sensational success, with 24,000 species and 60,000 registered hybrids, far more than any other flowering plant on Earth. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Was Darwin Wrong?" November 2004, National Geographic magazine) 随机推荐: |
