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Meanings of theory of recapitulation in English

Russian
закон геккеля-мюллера
Portuguese
teoria da recapitulação
Spanish
recapitulacion de hackel
Catalan
teoria de la recapitulació

Biological hypothesis.

        закон геккеля-мюллера
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        Examples for "recapitulation theory"
        Examples for "recapitulation theory"
        1
        The recapitulation theory originated as a deduction from the evolution theory and as a deduction it still remains.
        Darwin and Modern Science
        2
        W. B. Scott, in the "Theory of Evolution," says, "Thirty years ago, the recapitulation theory was well nigh universally accepted.
        The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved in 50 Arguments
        3
        A peculiar combination of the ideas of development and formation from without has given rise to the recapitulation theory of education, biological and cultural.
        Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ed...
        4
        Embryology, or the Recapitulation Theory, is the last, and perhaps the least important of the claims advanced in favor of evolution.
        The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved in 50 Arguments
        1
        All supporters of the biogenetic law promoted some version of these principles.
        The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
        2
        If this is properly attended to, we find evidence everywhere of the biogenetic law.
        The Evolution of Man — Volume 1
        3
        According to this biogenetic law, ontogeny is a brief and condensed recapitulation of phylogeny.
        The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
        4
        Ernst Haeckel's biogenetic law is expanded in a psychogenetic law.
        The Evolution of Love
        5
        In conjunction with the other facts, it affords a striking confirmation of our biogenetic law.
        The Evolution of Man — Volume 1
        1
        Alas, the frontal cortex isn't fully formed until late adolescence - ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny - which means that it's just beginning to solidify in babies.
        Wired
        2
        [Unfortunately, this reference to the embryological dictum that " Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" is not merely a joke.
        The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
        Usage of theory of recapitulation in English
        1
        All such evidence is distinctly at variance with the theory of recapitulation, at least as applied to embryos.
        Darwin and Modern Science