Haeckelian Recapitulation Is Not the Issue

PZ Myers often misconstrues intelligent design (ID) arguments about embryology by claiming we argue that modern evolutionary thinking is based upon Haeckel's theory of embryonic recapitulation (e.g. ontogeny [i.e. development] recapitulates [i.e. replays] phylogeny [i.e. evolutionary history]). Although we do argue that textbooks should not use Haeckel's inaccurate drawings which overstate the degree of similarity between vertebrate embryos, we recognize that the case for common ancestry no ...