[Tribune7]

This 21st century theory seems to be heading in the same direction as Buffon's 18th century one.

[AndrewC]

This 21st century theory seems to be heading in the same direction as Buffon's 18th century one

Odd how history repeats itself.

Leibniz combined the Scala Naturae with his plenum (continuous) view of nature, and called the result the Law of Continuity. He believed that it was not possible to put organisms into discrete categories, stating "Natura non facit saltus" (Nature does nothing in leaps).