Indeed. Everytime I hear someone talking about natural selection
   / tree of life, I cringe a little bit 'cause it's more like a
   bush of life that keeps meandering along the ground, some shoots
   getting flowers, some producing fruits, some becoming
   evergreens, the root systems breaking off into clusters and
   different nutritional requirements.. and all and all not the
   neat and clean story of Darwin, which was fine for its day, but
   so was phrenology for its day.