🧬 New paper by Dera et al. in Science Advances proposing a geometric complexity space to map the full morphological diversity of life.
Striking result: life occupies only a tiny, clustered region of all geometrically possible forms, with large heteromorphic regions systematically avoided. The authors argue that this reflects deep physical and developmental constraints shaping evolution.
Fig. 1. Concepts of fractal dimensions and topological skeleton of shapes.
Fig. 2. Protocol for measuring the fractal properties of the body mass and topological skeleton of organisms