Nurture
Oil and Acrylic on Panel
Fig trees are a keystone species in the world’s ecosystem and their fruit played a direct role in our ancestors’ rapid brain development. Humans are only one result of how an ecological framework fosters evolution. We still share genetic coding with a myriad of creatures, even the tiny Barbigant’s pygmy seahorse. At 6 to 7 weeks during human fetal development, the embryological similarities are clearly visible. As our environment nurtured our ontogeny, now our dominion makes us beholden to this fragile web of life.
Fig trees are a keystone species in the world’s ecosystem and their fruit played a direct role in our ancestors’ rapid brain development. Humans are only one result of how an ecological framework fosters evolution. We still share genetic coding with a myriad of creatures, even the tiny Barbigant’s pygmy seahorse. At 6 to 7 weeks during human fetal development, the embryological similarities are clearly visible. As our environment nurtured our ontogeny, now our dominion makes us beholden to this fragile web of life.