recapitulationism

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What does recapitulationism mean?

The doctrine that during embryonic development various structures develop that appeared during the evolutionary history of the species.

Where does recapitulationism come from?

Etymology tree English recapitulation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English recapitulationism From recapitulation + -ism.

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