@article{10.18756/edn.86.87, title = {{Embryology and Evolution: A Re-examination of the Evidence}}, shorttitle = {{Embryology and Evolution: A Re-examination of the Evidence}}, author = {Carline, Paul}, journal = {Elemente der Naturwissenschaft}, year = {2007}, volume = {86}, pages = {87--94}, url = {https://dx.doi.org/10.18756/edn.86.87}, doi = {10.18756/edn.86.87}, issn = {p-ISSN 0422-9630}, language = {en}, abstract = {

A re-examination of evidence from comparative human and mammalian embryology which is normally classed under the general heading of {`}neoteny{'}. It is argued that the significance of these phenomena for an understanding of the course of animal evolution has been overlooked, primarily as a consequence of a priori assumptions about evolutionary history which a careful examination of the facts does not support but rather demand a re-examination of orthodox theory, in particular in relation to the supposed descent of humans from ape-like ancestors. There are considerable consequences for science, evolutionary theory and religious belief.

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A re-examination of evidence from comparative human and mammalian embryology which is normally classed under the general heading of {`}neoteny{'}. It is argued that the significance of these phenomena for an understanding of the course of animal evolution has been overlooked, primarily as a consequence of a priori assumptions about evolutionary history which a careful examination of the facts does not support but rather demand a re-examination of orthodox theory, in particular in relation to the supposed descent of humans from ape-like ancestors. There are considerable consequences for science, evolutionary theory and religious belief.

} }