ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny

The now-discredited scientific theory that an organism's embryonic development, or ontogeny, follows the evolutionary stages of its species, or phylogeny. We were able to disprove Haeckel's theory that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny by closely studying embryonic development.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hopkin	HAHP-kin	Medieval English
Nadim	-	Arabic, Urdu
Newman	['nju:mən]
Sioned	SHON-ed	Welsh
Scottie	-	English, Scottish
Isidora	ee-see-DHO-rah (Spanish), ee-zee-DO-rah (Italian), iz-i-DAWR-ə (English)	Serbian, Macedonian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare), Ancient Gr