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The statement "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" just means that during the early growth of an organism, that organism replays the evolutionary steps it took in
by palad1n 5y ago
The statement "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" just means that during the early growth of an organism, that organism replays the evolutionary steps it took in reaching its more mature form. But it turns out that is not the case, actually.