PoorlyAttired

PoorlyAttired t1_j7y92ee wrote

That's a great question. Online search says its from the Greek meaning generative and before that, origin.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics#:~:text=11%20External%20links-,Etymology,%CE%B3%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%82%20genesis%20meaning%20%22origin%22.

So probably means the same sort of thing but the later discoveries took that name as well.

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PoorlyAttired t1_iy2osn5 wrote

What's the definition of 'mapped'? I've seen global sea depth maps and presumably they have been mostly covered by depth surveys/sonar at some point or another. On land 'mapped' normally means recording the topography (roads,, buildings, forest, rivers) but for the seabed, what do you record? Depth? Depth and material? Salinity? There's not much to map.

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