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That's only loosely true. See: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIIC6aOntogeny.shtml http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIIC6aOntogeny....
by ascuttlefish 16y ago
That's only loosely true. See: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIIC6aOntogeny.shtml http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIIC6aOntogeny....
- thisisnotmyname 16y agoI would go further and say that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" is misleading at best, just plain wrong at worst. Its an alluring concept that is unsupported by science.
- robg 16y agoCareful. The development of the brain in utero absolutely recapitulates phylogeny.