… compared to subsequent phylogenetics (we’re all standing on the shoulders of giants, after all). I agree that, at the time, the work must have been (a) mind-n

… compared to subsequent phylogenetics (we’re all standing on the shoulders of giants, after all). I agree that, at the time, the work must have been (a) mind-numbingly tedious, (b) intellectually challenging. But comparing past papers (including that one [1]) to current ones does show that the amount of data, computation, and evidence necessary to produce a contemporary research paper is incomparably larger than it used to be. The seminal DNA structure paper was a single A4 page, with an estimate of the double helix height, no calculations or data shown. Good luck getting something like this published today. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC54159/pdf/pnas01037-0173.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC54159/pdf/pnas0...