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Embryo similarities hoax - good one
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Posted By:
Higon
Dec 13, 2004
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That�s a good one, and counts back to 1874. Seems like Mr. Ernst Haeckel used crude forgeries to come up with some "proofs" of evolution.
Quoted from "M.K. Richardson, Haeckel's Embryos, Continued, letter to Science 281(5381):1289, 28 August 1998":
"The core scientific issue remains unchanged: Haeckel's drawings of 1874 are substantially fabricated. In support of this view, I note that his oldest �fish� image is made up of bits and pieces from different animals�some of them mythical. It is not unreasonable to characterize this as �faking.� ... Sadly, it is the discredited 1874 drawings that are used in so many British and American biology textbooks today.�"
You can find more information here:
E. Pennisi, Haeckel's Embryos: Fraud Rediscovered, Science 277(5331):1435, 5 September 1997; Embryonic Fraud Lives On, New Scientist 155(2098):23, 6 September 1997.
M.K. Richardson et al., There Is No Highly Conserved Embryonic Stage in the Vertebrates: Implications for Current Theories of Evolution and Development, Anatomy and Embryology 196(2):91�106, 1997.
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Higon
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 | 10:50 AM
Oh! Btw, that |
Maegan
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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 | 12:07 PM
"If this new evidence is applied to |
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