Question

According to recapitulation theory, __________.

• A. Every animal begins as an egg
• B. Damaged body parts are formed new
• C. Offsprings are like parents
• D. Ontogeny repeats phyogeny

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Ontogeny repeats phyogeny

The theory of recapitulation also called the biogenetic law or embryological parallelism often expressed in Ernst Haeckel's phrase "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" it states that the development of an organism (ontogeny) expresses the evolutionary history and all the intermediate forms of its ancestors (phylogeny). Recapitulation means the development of an embryo followed the evolutionary history of the organism.

So, the correct answer is option D.