Haeckel

Haeck·el

H0119900 (hĕk′əl), Ernst Heinrich 1834-1919. German philosopher and naturalist who supported Darwin's theory, mapped a genealogical tree relating all animal life, and developed the maxim "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny."

Haeckel

(German ˈhɛkəl) n (Biography) Ernst Heinrich (ɛrnst ˈhainrɪç). 1834–1919, German biologist and philosopher. He formulated the recapitulation theory of evolution and was an exponent of the philosophy of materialistic monism Haeckelian adj

Haeck•el

(ˈhɛk əl)

n. Ernst Heinrich, 1834–1919, German biologist and philosopher of evolution.

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Haeckel - German biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919)Ernst Heinrich Haeckel