Revisiting Those Early Developmental Stages: A Response to PZ Myers

Last week, I published a review and critique of a lecture which I attended by developmental biologist PZ Myers, of the University of Minnesota Morris. Since that time, PZ Myers has published a response on his blog. This is my rebuttal to that response.

For those who want the bottom line, here it is. Myers thinks I'm worried about Haeckelian recapitulation. But that's completely wrong. Neo-Darwinism itself predicts that early development, starting with fertilization, should be conserved....