BIOL 3200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Notochord, Evolution Of Biological Complexity, Ernst Haeckel
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Owen turned out to be wrong, huxley found that apes did have a hippocampus minor. This was a great triumph for darwinian naturalism. Was first to attempt to construct a universal genealogical tree, stemming from simplest unicellular organism= monera. Was more convincing in convincing people of evolution than darwin, talked a(cid:271)out e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)"s implications for philosophy, religion, and human social progress. Studied medicine, and was professor of zoology from 1865-1909. Was christian before he read the origin in 1860. Found vestigial traits as evidence for evolution: what was no longer being used would eventually disappear i. e. the ability to wiggle ears. He focused on studying embryological evidence for evolution. Darwin also that embryology provided some of the strongest evidence for transmutation of species. Thought that if each species had been created independently from god, then the route from egg to infant should be direct. Haeckel asserted the course of development from embryo to infant documented the path of evolution.
