▁Ch amb ers ' ▁V estig es ▁of ▁the ▁Natural ▁History ▁of ▁Cre ation , ▁which ▁was ▁published ▁an onym ously ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 4 ▁in ▁England , ▁contained ▁a ▁tree - like ▁diagram ▁in ▁the ▁chapter ▁" H yp oth esis ▁of ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁veget able ▁and ▁animal ▁kingdom s ". ▁It ▁shows ▁a ▁model ▁of ▁emb ry ological ▁development ▁where ▁fish ▁( F ), ▁re pt iles ▁( R ), ▁and ▁birds ▁( B ) ▁represent ▁branches ▁from ▁a ▁path ▁leading ▁to ▁m amm als ▁( M ). ▁In ▁the ▁text ▁this ▁branch ing ▁tree ▁idea ▁is ▁tent atively ▁applied ▁to ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁life ▁on ▁earth : ▁" there ▁may ▁be ▁branch ing ", ▁but ▁the ▁branch ing ▁diagram ▁is ▁not ▁displayed ▁again ▁specifically ▁for ▁this ▁purpose . ▁However , ▁the ▁image ▁of ▁a ▁branch ing ▁tree ▁could ▁easily ▁have ▁inspired ▁others ▁to ▁use ▁it ▁explicitly ▁as ▁a ▁representation ▁of ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁life ▁on ▁earth . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 8 , ▁a ▁year ▁before ▁Dar win ' s ▁Origin , ▁the ▁pale ont ologist ▁Heinrich ▁Georg ▁Bron n ▁( 1 8 0 0 – 1 8 6 2 ) ▁published ▁a ▁hypoth et ical ▁tree ▁l abeled ▁with ▁letters . ▁Although ▁not ▁a ▁creation ist , ▁Bron n ▁did ▁not ▁propose ▁a ▁mechanism ▁of ▁change . ▁ ▁Theory ▁ ▁Dar win ▁ ▁Charles ▁Dar win ▁( 1 8 0 9 – 1 8 8 2 ) ▁used ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁a ▁tree