Question

Who proposed embryological support for evolution?

Answer 1

Biogenetic Law:

1. Biogenetic law or Embryological support of evolution was first proposed by Ernst Heckel in the 1860s.
2. According to this theory, the embryo of any organism resembles the adult form of organisms from which the embryo is evolved.
3. He states that by studying the embryo development one could study the ancestor from which the organism is evolved.
4. The embryo goes under chronological order in which that particular organism is evolved.