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Ernst Haeckel: Early evolution and development

Grade Level(s):

  • General

Source:

  • UC Museum of Paleontology

Resource type:

  • Article

Time: 15 minutes

Overview

Ernst Haeckel initiated early studies of development and how it relates to evolution; however, his most famous idea (that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny) is now known to be inaccurate.
This article is located within History of Evolutionary Thought.

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