Greetings,
quote:
Evos are claiming that Haeckel's drawings are "evidence for evolution"
Rubbish.
Whilst
the drawings are still USED (as examples of bad science usually)
they most certainly are NOT claimed as "evidence for evolution".
The thing is -
You keep confusing "using" the pictures
with claiming Haeckel's theory was right.
Haeckel's theory (O.R.P.) was wrong,
but
there ARE certain similarities of growth stages in embryos.
And Haeckel's pictures were based on this reality of embryonic similarity,
but -
he doctored them slightly - exaggerating certain features to push his incorrect theory.
Nonetheless - Haeckel's theory being wrong dosn't stop embryos having similarities.
Embryos DO show similar developmental stages.
It's a fact.
These similarities can be seen quite well in photos, or less well in Haeckel's exaggerated but largely correct pictures.
Meanwhile some lazy text-book editors used these out-of-date pictures to show the facts of embryo similarities.
Embryos DO show similar stages.
Haeckel's pictures DO show those stages (albeit less than perfectly.)
Nothing in evolution is based on Haeckel's incorrect O.R.P. theory.
Nothing in evolution is based on Haeckel's exaggerated pictures.
Iasion
Edited by Iasion, : No reason given.