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Haeckel

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Haeck·el  (hkl), Ernst Heinrich 1834-1919.
German philosopher and naturalist who supported Darwin's theory, mapped a genealogical tree relating all animal life, and developed the maxim "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny."
Haeckel (German) [ˈhɛkəl]
n
(Biographies / Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich (1834-1919) M, German, SCIENCE: biologist, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) Ernst Heinrich (ɛrnst ˈhainrɪç). 1834-1919, German biologist and philosopher. He formulated the recapitulation theory of evolution and was an exponent of the philosophy of materialistic monism
Haeckelian  [hɛˈkiːlɪən] adj
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Noun1.Haeckel - German biologist and philosopherHaeckel - German biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919)
Ernst Heinrich Haeckel
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