Tag: Haeckel’s embryos
Haeckel’s Fraudulent Embryo Drawings Are Still Present in Biology Textbooks — Here’s a List
Since the 19th century these illustrations have been used to support the hypothesis of universal common ancestry.
Problem 8: Differences Between Vertebrate Embryos Contradict the Predictions of Common Ancestry
Biology textbooks typically portray the embryos of different groups of vertebrates as starting off development in a highly similar fashion, reflecting common ancestry.
Textbooks by Our Critic Donald Prothero Are Some of the Most Recent to Reprint Phony Embryo Drawings
Dr. Prothero, a geologist and prominent “skeptic,” has a long history of interaction with Darwin-doubters.
Fakery: Haeckel’s Fraudulent Embryos in Donald Prothero’s Textbook
The first lecture I attended on my first day of college at the University of California at San Diego in 1996 was for the course “History of the Earth and Evolution.”
Darwin Lobbyists Defend Using Fraudulent Embryo Drawings in the Classroom
The notion that Haeckel’s drawings were fraudulent or fake did not originate with proponents of intelligent design.