An article in the NewScientist makes a powerful tribute to the insight and intellect of Leonardo.
Its author is a pioneer of the geological science, and a rediscovery of the origin and existence of fossils. There's a catch.
Ignorance Works of Albert of Saxony at the Sorbonne.
I'm epistemologist, I do not know the reputation of the journal either, but this is not the first time I see researchers ango-Saxon evicted from their studies references to scholastic world, with the Europe.
In seeking to Leonardo the paragon of Renaissance science is relegated to the shadows "scientific" medieval. It is stupid because it does not detract from the genius of Leonardo. He read, and he understood what others will still glimpse the centuries.
To learn more about this aspect of the matter I refer you to a Work in Progress coming soon on Milan, Rome and Venice in Leonardo Intangibles. The subject is addressed.