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> replays some evolutionary development: Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny was somewhat debunked even 150 years ago. I speak as someone who owns a dozen Ernst H
by easytiger 5y ago
> replays some evolutionary development:
Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny was somewhat debunked even 150 years ago. I speak as someone who owns a dozen Ernst Haeckel first or early editions.
Is there some related underlying concept we can't put our finger on? Maybe. Just like Dunbar's number
- trhway 5y agoHaeckel is "development of advanced species passes through stages represented by adult organisms of more primitive species" which obviously isn't true in general. Our embryo though passes through the stages which were inherited from the embryos of our more primitive ancestors - the "embryo tree" structurally parallels and mirrors the evolution tree.